Name details

Hull Point

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 135256

Feature type: Point

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Point on NE side of Legru Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands. Rising to approx. 15 m.s.a.l. It has a whale-back ridge aligned in an NW-SE orientation and is backed on the NE side by a sandy beach. Named after Prof. Edward Hull, LLD, FRS, FGS (1829-1971) in association with Quaternary Scientists in the area. Ulster stratigrapher, structural and economic geologist. Worked with the British Geological Survey on the coalfields of England, Scotland and Wales. Later Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland. (APC, 1998).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 09' 37.2" S
-62.16033°
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Longitude:
58° 11' 43.2" W
-58.19533°
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Altitude:
15 m
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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

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Feb-1998

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