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Feature Name (see definition): Discovery Point Feature Class (see definition): Summit Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 3893 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 54° 18' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 036° 29' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -54.3 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -36.4833333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956 Description (see definition): Point formed of glacial moraine, marking the W side of the entrance to Moraine Fjord, South Georgia. First surveyed by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. Probably named by Discovery Investigations personnel in the period following their surveys of 1926-31, presumably for their organization or their ships, the Discovery or Discovery II, which were utilized in the surveys of South Georgia. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Discovery 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 Discovery Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Discovery Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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