Name details

LaFratta Point

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140322

Feature type: Point

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A point at the northeastern extremity of Mount Doorly at the edge of Wilson Piedmmont Glacier and Intermittent Lake, being approximately 10.2km north-northwest of King Pin. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME10; NZMS 166 ST58-61/5-McMurdo Sound, and USGS ST57-60-Ross Island (1:250k)

Named For

Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Susanne M. LaFratta-Decker of the National Science Foundation (NSF) who has served in numerous prominent roles in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) beginning in 1996, rising in 2003 to Deputy Section Head for the Polar Research Support Section of the NSF's Office of Polar Programs (OPP), and in 2005, to Senior Advisor to the Director of OPP. Ms. LaFratta served in Antarctica during seven austral summer seasons.

Location

Latitude:
77° 21' 38.0" S
-77.36056°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 02' 53.0" E
163.04806°
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Altitude:
423 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
ME10 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
26-Jan-2012

Display Scales

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