Feature Name (see definition): Pelletan Point

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 11533

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 06' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 02' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.1

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.0333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): Long, narrow point projecting into the head of Flandres Bay 3 miles S of Briand Fjord, on the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) (1903-05) under Charcot, who applied the name "Baie Pelletan" to the indentations N and S of the point here described. In 1960 the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) transferred the name Pelletan to the point; the two indentations do not together form an identifiable feature and they can be easily described by reference to this point. Charles-Camille Pelletan (1846-1915) was a French politician and Minister of the Navy, 1902-05.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data