Gurney Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Gurney Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au
Feature type: Point (8)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Small rocky mass overlooking George VI Sound, rising to 610 m and marking the W extremity of the rock ridge separating Bertram and Ryder Glaciers on the W coast of Palmer Land. The point was first seen and photographed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth, and was mapped from these photographs by W.L.G. Joerg. It was surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Named by the UK-APC in 1954 for Norman A. Gurney, a member of the BGLE, 1934-37.
No images of this place could be found.
| Aus_display_scale_20M: | No | Aus_display_scale_10M: | No | ||
| Aus_display_scale_5M: | No | Aus_display_scale_2M: | No | ||
| Aus_display_scale_1M: | No | Aus_display_scale_500k: | No | ||
| Aus_display_scale_250k: | No | Aus_display_scale_100k: | No | ||
| Aus_display_scale_50k: | No | Aus_display_scale_25k: | No | ||
| Aus_display_scale_10k: | No | Aus_display_scale_5k: | No | ||
| Aus_display_scale_1k: | No |
Biodiversity
View
fauna,
flora or
both
within 1.0 degree of this location
Place names
View
American or
international
place names within 1.0 degree of this location.