Name details

Christmas Point

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2205

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 prominent east-west trending point extending from the southern margin of the group of islands into Khmara Bay in Enderby Land. The geologists M. A. Sandiford, C. P. L. Wilson and E. S. Grew spent Christmas 1979 at this locality which is unique geologically.

Named For

geologists M. A. Sandiford, C. P. L. Wilson and E. S. Grew spent Christmas 1979 at this locality which is unique geologically

Location

Latitude:
67° 22' 59.9" S
-67.38330°
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Longitude:
48° 58' 00.1" E
48.96670°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
26-Jul-1983

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