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This page presents the geographical name data for
Return 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):
Return Point
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
12552
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
60° 38' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
046° 01' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-60.6333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-46.0166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1947
Description
(see definition):
Rocky slope forming the SW extremity of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered on Dec. 7, 1821, by Captain George Powell, British sealer in the sloop Dove, and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, American sealer in the sloop James Monroe. Named by Powell who, after making a landing on this point of land, returned directly aboard ship after viewing the coast to the eastward.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Return 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
Return Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Return Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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