Durham Point

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

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

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Place ID: 3976
Name ID: 140075

Feature type: Point

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A small rock spur extending north from Mount Durham at the northwest end of the Tapley Mountains, in the Queen Maud Mountains.

Named For

The feature was visited in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named in association with Mount Durham.

Location

Latitude:
85° 32' 09.6" S
-85.53600°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
151° 11' 39.5" W
-151.19430°
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Altitude:
295 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
10300100627D2400
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-Dec-2019

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