This page presents the geographical name data for
Shanty 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):
Shanty Point
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
13654
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 25' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
065° 38' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.4166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-65.6333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1964
Description
(see definition):
Small point within Darbel Bay, lying close W of the mouth of Cardell Glacier on the W coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). So named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) because, when seen from a distance, a large rectangular boulder on the point has the appearance of a small hut with a crooked chimney.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Shanty 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
Shanty Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Shanty Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.