Name details

Appleton Point

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 139171

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.

Narrative

Rocky Point on the western coast of Elephant Island, 2.5 km SE of Stinker Point.

Named For

Named after Captain James Appleton of the American sealing ship Charles Shearer from Stonington, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1874-75. The ship again sailed for the islands in 1877 but disappeared without trace and is now thought to be the remains of the wooden sailing vessel at HSM 74 nearby.

Location

Latitude:
61° 14' 03.1" S
-61.23420°
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Longitude:
55° 21' 42.8" W
-55.36190°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
USGS Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica and SCAR Antarctic Digital Database in UK APC GIS
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
1:30 m resolution
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
British Antarctic Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
21-May-2019

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