This page presents the geographical name data for
Evans 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):
Evans Point
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
4669
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
72° 28' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
099° 23' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-72.4666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-99.3833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1960
Description
(see definition):
An ice-covered point fronting on Peacock Sound, lying 15 mi WNW of Von der Wall Point on the S side of Thurston Island. First plotted from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard Evans, an oceanographer on the USS Burton Island in this area during the U.S. Navy (USN) Bellingshausen Sea Expedition, February 1960.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Evans 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
Evans Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Evans Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.