This page presents the geographical name data for
Rethval 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):
Rethval Point
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
12547
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
60° 44' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
045° 36' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-60.7333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-45.6
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1956
Description
(see definition):
Ice-free point forming the S side of the entrance to Paal Harbor on the E side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel, and resurveyed in 1947 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in1954 for the Rethval Whaling Co. of Oslo, the first company to start whaling in the South Orkney Islands in 1911-12.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Rethval 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
Rethval Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Rethval Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.