Feature Name (see definition): Crabeater Point

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3250

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 46' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 064° 10' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.7666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.1666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962

Description (see definition): A point at the SE extremity of Mobiloil Inlet, 4 mi E of Victory Nunatak, on the E coast of Antarctic Peninsula. The point, the NW extremity of a prominent ridge, was photographed from aircraft of the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) on Sept. 28, 1940, and by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (Trimetrogon air photos), Dec. 22, 1947. Surveyed in Dec. 1958 by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who gave the descriptive name. The ridge of which this point is the extremity resembles a recumbent Crabeater Seal when seen from the air.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data