Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Worley Point (USA) | 74° 24' 00.0" S | 132° 47' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 133854
Place ID: 16220
A rock point, the site of an Adelie penguin rookery, forming the NW corner of Shepard Island. Like Grant Island, 5 mi eastward, Shepard Island is surrounded by the Getz Ice Shelf except on the N side. The point was charted from the USS Name applied by US-ACAN for Lt. Richard J. Worley, USN, Medical Officer at South Pole Station, 1969. |
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