This page presents the geographical name data for
Corral 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):
Corral Point
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
3183
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
60° 45' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
045° 43' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-60.75
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-45.7166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1956
Description
(see definition):
Rocky point forming the SW extremity of Moe Island in the South Orkney Islands. Roughly surveyed by DI personnel in 1933. Named by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following their survey of 1947. The Corral Whaling Co. of Bergen, a subsidiary of Messrs. Christensen and Co., Corral, Chile, operated the floating factory Tioga, with its steam whalers Corral and Fyr, in the South Orkney Islands in 1912-13.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Corral 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
Corral Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Corral Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.