Feature Name (see definition): Fort William

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5167

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 62° 23' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 059° 43' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.3833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -59.7166667

Elevation (see definition): 100

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1953

Description (see definition): A flat-topped headland (100 m) forming the western end of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands. Robert Fildes described Fort William in 1820-22 as being the eastern side of the entrance (to English Strait). His subsequent report (1829) described Fort William in detail, but erroneously placed it on the western side of the entrance (on Greenwich Island), a position which was adopted for a period following a survey by DI personnel in 1934-35. The UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) has re-interpreted all known versions of Fildes' sailing directions in conjunction with photographs and has concluded that the feature named Fort William by Fildes is the one here described; the Greenwich Island feature for which the name Fort William was erroneously applied is now named Canto Point (q.v.).

Date Created (see definition): No data

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