This page presents the geographical name data for
Blakeney 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):
Blakeney Point
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
1499
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 14' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
110° 35' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.2333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
110.5833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1963
Description
(see definition):
The north point of Clark Peninsula, on Budd Coast. First roughly mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp and OpWml in 1947 and 1948. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for A.A. Blakeney, Photographer's Mate on U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14 and 164, East longitude. The point was remapped from air photos taken by a Soviet expedition in 1956 and by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1956 and 1962.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Blakeney 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
Blakeney Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Blakeney Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.