Driscoll Point
Driscoll Point is a point forming the east side of the entrance to Wise Bay, overlooking the Ross Ice Shelf. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after C.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Driscoll Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland in Antarctica
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-82.98333° or 82° 59′ southLongitude
168° eastElevation
62 metres (203 feet)Named after
C.E. DriscollOpen location code
2V9C2282+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 11109206668OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
6632371Wikidata ID
Q2604152
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Driscoll Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Driscoll Point”
- Chinese: “德里斯科爾角”
- German: “Driscoll Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Driscoll Point”
- Swedish: “Driscoll Point”
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