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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2813

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 57° 06' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 026° 39' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -57.1

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -26.65

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): A low, lava point penetrated by narrow clefts, forming the SW point of Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands. The name applied by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 is a traditional sealers name for a female Fur Seal. There is a breeding colony of this animal on the point.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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