Chapman Point

Chapman Point is a low rounded headland marking the eastern limit of Scar Inlet on the north side of Jason Peninsula, . It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Sydney Chapman, British geophysicist, President of the Commission for the International Geophysical Year, 1957–58.

Chapman Point

Latitude
-65.91792° or 65° 55′ 5″ south
Longitude
-61.30788° or 61° 18′ 28″ west
Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)
Open location code
376W3MJR+RR
Geo­Names ID
6631029
Wiki­data ID
Q1099241
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Chapman Point” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Chapman Point
  • Chinese: 查普曼角
  • German: Chapman Point
  • Italian: Punta Chapman
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Chapman Point
  • Swedish: Chapman Point

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