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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5445

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 46' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 064° 04' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.7666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.0666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1975

Description (see definition): A rock point that marks the north side of the entrance to Hero Inlet on the southwest side of Anvers Island. The U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Palmer Station is located on this point. The name, applied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), is in association with Hero Inlet inasmuch as it was the Harvey F. Gamage shipyard in South Bristol, Maine, that built the Research Vessel Hero.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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