Name details

Kerr Point

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 127354

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Point 2 mi SE of Georges Point, on the E side of Ronge Island, off the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Adam J. Kerr, Second Officer of RRS Shackleton, who sounded the adjacent Errera Channel in 1956-57.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 42' 00.0" S
-64.70000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 38' 00.0" W
-62.63333°
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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:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1965

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