This page presents the geographical name data for
Tashtego 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):
Tashtego Point
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
15008
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
65° 44' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
062° 09' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-65.7333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-62.15
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1963
Description
(see definition):
Rocky point marking the E end of the ridge at the S side of Stubb Glacier, on the E coast of Graham Land. Surveyed and photographed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Stubbs harpooner on the Pequod in Herman Melville's Moby Dick.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Tashtego 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
Tashtego Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Tashtego Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.