Name details

Tula Point

Tula Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Tula Point  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111676

Feature type: Point

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

NE point of Renaud Island (q.v.), Biscoe Islands, was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956; in association with Lively Point (q.v.), named Cape Tula after the brig Tula, built by Thomas Pope of Mount Batten, Devon, in 1819, one of the two ships of Biscoe's 1830-33 expedition and commanded by Biscoe (APC, 1955, p.21; BA chart 3570, 21.ix.1957). Tula Point (APC, 1959a, p.12; BA chart 3573, 26.viii.1960). Cabo Tula (Chile. DNH chart 1502, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.285). Punta Tula (Chile. IH chart 58, 1971).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 31' 00.0" S
-65.51667°
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Longitude:
65° 39' 00.0" W
-65.65000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
22-Mar-1954

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