Name details

Thorshavn Point

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 140275

Feature type: Point

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A point located southeast of Powell Point, Vestfold Hills.

Named For

Captain Klarius Mikkelsen, master of the Norwegian flagged ship Thorshavn, first sighted and named the Vestfold Hills in 1935. He was accompanied by his wife, Caroline Mikkelsen, who was, significantly, probably the first woman to land in Antarctica. Thorshavn is variant spelling of Tórshavn. Tórshavn is the capital of the Faroe Islands (a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean belonging to Denmark).

Location

Latitude:
68° 31' 14.6" S
-68.52073°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
78° 06' 16.7" E
78.10464°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills topographic map
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
1:50k
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
31-Mar-2021

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