Name details

Memorial Point

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

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

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Id 140276

Feature type: Point

Origin

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

Narrative

Point at the western end of Lemaire Island.

Named For

Named to commemorate all those British personnel who died whilst working in Antarctica and who have not been commemorated individually.

Location

Latitude:
64° 48' 45.0" S
-64.81250°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
63° 01' 40.0" W
-63.02778°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Landsat-8 image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
Source Identifier:
https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
Source Scale:
1:30 m resolution
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
UK APC
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
3-Oct-2017

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