This page presents the geographical name data for
Turret Point in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Feature Name
(see definition):
Turret Point
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
15674
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
62° 05' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
057° 55' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-62.0833333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-57.9166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1960
Description
(see definition):
Point marked by conspicuous high rock stacks, forming the E limit of King George Bay on the S coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The point was charted in 1937 by DI personnel on the Discovery II who gave the name Turret Rocks, but this has led to confusion with a group of rocks lying close offshore. The UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) recommended in 1960 that since the feature originally named is a land feature, the term point be used to avoid confusion and ambiguity.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Turret Point in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Turret Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Turret Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.