This page presents the geographical name data for
Penny 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):
Penny Point
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
11589
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
80° 48' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
160° 41' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-80.8
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
160.6833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1965
Description
(see definition):
An ice-covered point on the S side of Nicholson Peninsula, marking the N side of the entrance to Matterson Inlet along the Ross Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander H.C. Penny, USN, commanding officer of USS Vance, ocean station ship in support of aircraft flights between New Zealand and Antarctica in U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz) 1962.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Penny 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
Penny Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Penny Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.