Feature Name (see definition): Hamilton Point

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6289

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 22' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 057° 18' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.3666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -57.3

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956

Description (see definition): Flat-topped point marking the S side of the entrance to Markham Bay on the SE side of James Ross Island. Discovered by a British expedition under Ross, 1839-43, who named it Cape Hamilton after Captain W.A.B. Hamilton, Royal Navy (RN), then private secretary to the Earl of Haddington, and later Second Secretary to the Admiralty. First surveyed by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE) under Nordenskjold, 1901-04, and resurveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953. Point is considered a more suitable descriptive term for the feature than cape.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data