Kosar Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Kosar Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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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:
Snow-covered point forming the W end of Eroica Peninsula, SW Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and mapped from these photographs by FIDS in 1960. Mapped by USGS from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1967-68 and from Landsat imagery taken 1972-73. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. William S. Kosar, USN, assigned to the Division of Polar Programs, NSF, as aviation projects officer, 1975-77. He was instrumental in modifying LC-130 aircraft to provide longer range in support of extensive radio echo sounding missions.
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