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Bay Point: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Bay 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): Bay Point

Feature Class (see definition): Cape

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1102

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 46' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 26' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.7666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.4333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1951

Description (see definition): Point which marks the E side of the entrance to Borgen Bay on the SE coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache, 1897-99. The name appears on a chart based on a 1927 DI survey, but may reflect an earlier naming.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Bay 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 Bay Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bay Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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