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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 12144

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 01' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 21' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.0166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.35

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): Point on the W coast of Graham Land, nearly 2 mi S of Ferin Head and immediately E of the Fish Islands. Roughly charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. The name was suggested in 1957 by E.P. Arrowsmith, Governor of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas).

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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