This page presents the geographical name data for
Leniz 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):
Leniz Point
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
8709
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
64° 54' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
063° 05' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.9
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-63.0833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1965
Description
(see definition):
The N extremity of the small peninsula on which Mount Banck stands, lying 1 mile S of Byrde Island on the W coast of Graham Land. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache, who made a landing here on February 10, 1898. The toponym appears on a Chilean government chart of 1951 and is for the chief stoker Clorindo Leniz Gallejo, on board the tender Yelcho which rescued the crew of the Endurance from Elephant Island in August 1916.
Date Created
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No data
Date Edited
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No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Leniz 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
Leniz Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Leniz Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.