Feature Name (see definition): Baker Point

Feature Class (see definition): Cape

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17363

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 34' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 163° 33' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.5666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 163.55

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1997

Description (see definition): A point at the S side of the entrance to Explorers Cove, New Harbor, McMurdo Sound, on Scott Coast, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after Bill James Baker, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, who conducted underwater research in several areas of McMurdo Sound during the 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1996-97 field seasons, including work at Cape Evans, Razorback Islands, Hutton Cliffs, Arrival Heights, and New Harbor, the location of this point.

Date Created (see definition): 09/22/1998

Date Edited (see definition): No data