This page presents the geographical name data for
Strath 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):
Strath Point
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
14677
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
64° 32' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
062° 36' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.5333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-62.6
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1960
Description
(see definition):
Low ice-covered point forming the S end of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache, 1897-99. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. The name is descriptive; "strath" means a stretch of flat land by the sea or a broad river valley.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Strath 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
Strath Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Strath Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.