Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Black Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Black Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
SE of Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, was roughly charted by Fildes in 1820-21 and called descriptively Black Head (Fildes, 1821c) or Blak [sic] Head (Fildes, 1827, p.452); recharted by DI in 1935 and named Black Point (Nelson and others, chart, 1935b; BA chart 1774, 9.vii.1948; APC, 1955, p.5; DOS 610 sheet W 62 60, 1968). Punta Negra [translation of English name] (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.208).
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