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Castillo Point: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Castillo 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): Castillo Point

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2506

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 75° 30' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 141° 18' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -75.5

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -141.3

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1972

Description (see definition): An ice-covered point which marks the east side of the terminus of Land Glacier on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Rudy Castillo, aerographer, U.S. Navy (USN), with the Marie Byrd Land Survey party and at Hallett Station, respectively, during Operation Deep Freeze 1968 and 1969.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Castillo 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 Castillo Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Castillo Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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