This page presents the geographical name data for Tucker Point in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division.
Feature Name (see definition): Tucker Point
Feature Class (see definition): Summit
Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID (see definition): 15622
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
73° 57' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
114° 49' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -73.95
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -114.8166667
Elevation (see definition): No data
Decision Year (see definition): No data
Description (see definition): An ice-covered point on the W side of Murray Foreland, Martin Peninsula, 12 mi SW of Cape Herlacher, on the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) aerial photographs, 1959-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 after Robert L. Tucker, U.S. Navy (USN) meteorologist on nine deployments of Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz) through 1976.
Date Created (see definition): No data
Date Edited (see definition): No data