Chapman Point
| Chapman Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 55 ′ S , 61 ° 18 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Oskar II coast | |
| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Waters 2 | Scar Inlet | |
The Chapman Point is a flat and rounded the Cape on the eastern end of Scar Inlet on the north side of Jason Peninsula on the Oscar-II. Coast of the West Antarctic Graham Lands .
It was mapped in 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the cape in 1964 after the British geophysicist Sydney Chapman (1888-1970), Commission President of the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958).
Web links
- Chapman Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chapman Point on geographic.org (English)