Feature Name (see definition): Phelps Promontory

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17463

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 62° 28' 55" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 060° 07' 15" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.4819444

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.1208333

Elevation (see definition): 180

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1998

Description (see definition): An ice piedmont promontory fringed by several low-lying rocky headlands. The promontory rises gently to an elevation of about 180 meters southward of Williams Point, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Named by UK-APC (1998) after Edmond Malcolm Stuart Phelps, Master RSS John Biscoe, 1972-91 (First Officer, 1966-72; Second Officer, 1964-66), who gave substantial assistance to J. L. Smellie and M.R.A. Thomson, British Antarctic Survey geologists with the survey of this area during the 1974-75 season.

Date Created (see definition): 09/25/1998

Date Edited (see definition): No data