Name details

Castillo Point

Castillo Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Castillo Point  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 123361

Feature type: Point (8)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

An ice-covered point which marks the east side of the terminus of Land Glacier on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Rudy Castillo, aerographer, USN, with the Marie Byrd Land Survey party and at Hallett Station, respectively, during Operation Deep Freeze 1968 and 1969.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
75° 30' 00.0" S
-75.50000°
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Longitude:
141° 18' 00.0" W
-141.30000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1972

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