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Mast Point

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

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

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Place ID: 9120
Name ID: 2194

Feature type: Point

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Mast Point (United States of America)

Narrative

The westernmost point of Ardery Island, Windmill Islands. The island was delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named after C.W. Mast, a member of the Wilkes party in 1958. Named after C.W. Mast, a member of the Wilkes party in 1958.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

66° 22' 07.7" S

-66.36881°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

110° 26' 19.2" E

110.43867°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

5 m

Accurate to 5m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Windmill Islands 1:50000 GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

Wind50K

Source Scale:

1:5000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

Unknown

Related information

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