This page presents the geographical name data for
Canty 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):
Canty Point
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
2392
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
64° 45' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
063° 32' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.75
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-63.5333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1963
Description
(see definition):
Point forming the W side of the entrance to Borgen Bay on the SE coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache, 1897-99. Surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for John Canty of Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), radio operator/mechanic at the Arthur Harbor Station in 1955 and a member of the sledging party which visited the point.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Canty 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
Canty Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Canty Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.