Name details

Abrupt Point

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2188

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 rocky point on the western side of Edward VIII Gulf in Kemp Land. The feature was first visited by an ANARE sledging party led by Robert Dovers in 1954.

Named For

Plotted by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Brattodden (The Abrupt Point).

Location

Latitude:
66° 54' 08.3" S
-66.90230°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
56° 42' 35.6" E
56.70990°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-Aug-1957

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