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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2636

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 55' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 20' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.9166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -61.3333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964

Description (see definition): A low rounded point marking the eastern limit of Scar Inlet on the north side of Jason Peninsula, Graham Land. Surveyed by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Sydney Chapman, British geophysicist, President of the Commission for the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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