Feature Name (see definition): Rossini Point

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 12926

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 28' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 073° 09' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.4666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -73.15

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1961

Description (see definition): Snow-covered point on the S coast of Alexander Island, marking the SE side of the entrance to the embayment occupied by Bach Ice Shelf. First seen and roughly mapped by the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Remapped in greater detail from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868), Italian composer.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data