Hurd Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Hurd Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.
In his 1822 map Lieutenant William Langdon, Royal Navy, named the feature "Captain Hurds Point". This was published on the 1917 edition of the Admiralty Chart as Hurd Point and adopted by Mawson in 1943. Captain Thomas Hurd, RN, was Hydrographer to the Royal Navy, 1808-1823.
Captain Thomas Hurd, RN, was Hydrographer to the Royal Navy, 1808-1823.
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