Name details

Polar Bear Point

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 130221

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

An ice-covered point 1.2 mi SE of Castle Rock on the E side of Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island. A breached crater stands 0.7 mi NNW, but no rock is exposed on the point which is well defined and elevated at the juncture with McMurdo Ice Shelf. The name is allusive; when viewed from the W, the appearance of the point is suggestive of the head, neck, and fore part of an Arctic polar bear. Named by US-ACAN, 2000.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
77° 49' 00.0" S
-77.81667°
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Longitude:
166° 51' 00.0" E
166.85000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-2000

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