Feature Name (see definition): Gurney Point

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6159

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 00' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 067° 27' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.45

Elevation (see definition): 610

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1955

Description (see definition): Small rocky mass overlooking George VI Sound, rising to 610 m and marking the W extremity of the rock ridge separating Bertram and Ryder Glaciers on the W coast of Palmer Land. The point was first seen and photographed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935 by Lincoln Ellsworth, and was mapped from these photographs by W.L.G. Joerg. It was surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1954 for Norman A. Gurney, a member of the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37.

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