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Steeple Point
Steeple Point () is a low ice-covered point on the west coast of Palmer Land, approximately 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Sandau Nunatak of the Steeple Peaks. The point was named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ... (UK-APC) in association with the Steeple Peaks. Headlands of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub ...
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Palmer Land
Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names and the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of Antarctica, and the names Graham Land and Palmer Land for the northern and southern portions, respectively. The line dividing them is roughly 69° S. Boundaries In its southern extreme, the Antarctic Peninsula stretches west, with Palmer Land eventually bordering Ellsworth Land along the 80° W line of longitude. Palmer Land is bounded in the south by the ice-covered Carlson Inlet, an arm of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, which crosses the 80° W line. This is the base of Cetus Hill. This feature is named after Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer who explored the Antarctic Peninsula area southward of Decepti ...
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Sandau Nunatak
Sandau Nunatak () is a coastal nunatak rising to about 400 m at the southwest end of Steeple Peaks, on the Rymill Coast, Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1966–69. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1976 after Charles L. Sandau, U.S. Navy, cook with the winter party at Palmer Station, 1973. See also *Steeple Point Steeple Point () is a low ice-covered point on the west coast of Palmer Land, approximately 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Sandau Nunatak of the Steeple Peaks. The point was named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK An ... References Nunataks of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub ...
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Steeple Peaks
Steeple Peaks () is a line of five distinct peaks, the northeasternmost being Mount Ward, located on the western edge of Palmer Land, south of Conchie Glacier. The area was named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ... (UK-APC) because of a number of steeple-like features visible among the peaks. Mountains of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub ...
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United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI). Such names are formally approved by the Commissioners of the BAT and SGSSI respectively, and published in the BAT Gazetteer and the SGSSI Gazetteer maintained by the Committee. The BAT names are also published in the international Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica maintained by SCAR. The Committee may also consider proposals for new place names for geographical features in areas of Antarctica outside BAT and SGSSI, which are referred to other Antarctic place-naming authorities, or decided by the Committee itself if situated in the unclaimed sector of Antarctica. Names attributed by the committee * Anvil Crag, named for descriptive features *Anckorn Nunataks, named after J. F. A ...
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