This page presents the geographical name data for
Olivine 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):
Olivine Point
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
11065
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
60° 40' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
045° 29' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-60.6666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-45.4833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1956
Description
(see definition):
The southern end of the low-lying peninsula which forms the E limit of Iceberg Bay on the S coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948-49, and so named by them because the mineral olivine occurs in the igneous dikes intersecting the peninsula just N of the point.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Olivine 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
Olivine Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Olivine Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.