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Feature Name (see definition): Lair Point Feature Class (see definition): Summit Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 8399 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 62° 37' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 02' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.6166667 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -61.0333333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965 Description (see definition): Point lying 5 mi SE of Essex Point on the N side of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name, given by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961, is descriptive. A large cave on this point was used by sealers during the early l820s, relics of their occupation being found by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1957-58. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Lair 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 Lair Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Lair Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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