Gregory Point

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

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

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Place ID: 5670
Name ID: 109110

Feature type: Point

Origin

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:

Narrative

W coast of Smith Island, was roughly charted by Foster in 1829 and named Cape Gregory (Foster and Kendall, chart, 1829a; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; APC, 1955, p.11). Cap Gregory (Gerlache, 1902b, p.146). Cabo Gregory ([Irízar], 1903, map facing p.4; Pierrou, 1970, p.402; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.142). Cabo Gregorio (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Kapp Gregory (HA chart, 1928). Cabo Gregori (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). The feature was recharted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit, 1951-52, and photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Capo Gregori (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 9). Mys Gregori (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Gregory Point (APC, 1962, p.15; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 55' 11.2" S
-62.91978°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 31' 55.1" W
-62.53197°
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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:
31-Aug-1962

Related information

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