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Feature Name (see definition): Bachstrom Point Feature Class (see definition): Summit Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 814 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 29' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 51' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.4833333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.85 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1971 Description (see definition): Point on the NE side of Beascochea Bay, 8 mi SE of Cape Perez on the W coast of Graham Land. First charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for J.F. Bachstrom, author in 1734 of a classic pamphlet recognizing scurvy as a nutritional deficiency disease and prescribing the necessary measures for its prevention and cure. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Bachstrom 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 Bachstrom Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bachstrom Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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