Name details

Penguin Point

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2174

Feature type: Point

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A granite point, about 97 m high, marking the western extremity of Murphy Bay, George V Land. Discovered and named by the eastern coastal party of AAE (1911-14) led by C.T. Madigan.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 37' 04.1" S
-67.61781°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
146° 11' 06.8" E
146.18522°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1986
Catalogue id
1856C3
Caption
Penguin Point looking east
Photographer
Reeves, Robert D (Bob)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E127_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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