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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3690

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 27' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 098° 15' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.45

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 98.25

Elevation (see definition): 185

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): Rocky bluff rising to 185 m on the W side of Melba Peninsula, about 6 mi W of Cape Charcot. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) under Mawson, 1911-14, and so named by the Eastern Sledge Party of the Western Base because bad weather delayed the party near here for several days in November 1912.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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