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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8060

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 54° 10' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 037° 41' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -54.1666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -37.6833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): Rocky point 2 mi SE of Cape Demidov on the S coast of South Georgia. The coast in this vicinity was roughly charted in 1775 by a British expedition under Cook and in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen. The point itself appears on charts dating back to about 1900. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) following a survey by the South Georgia Survey (SGS), 1951-52, for Heinrich W. Klutschak, Austrian artist who accompanied the American sealing schooner Flying Fish to South Georgia in 1877-78 and published a narrative of his activities with a sketch map in 1881.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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