Churchill Point
| Churchill Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 24 ′ S , 110 ° 23 ′ E | |
| location | Holl Island , Windmill Islands , Antarctica | |
| Waters | Vincennes Bay | |
The Churchill Point 's northwestern foothills of Holl Iceland in Archipelago of the Windmill Islands off the Budd Coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country .
Aerial photographs of the US operation Highjump (1946–1947) and Operation Windmill (1947–1948) were used to map it. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1963 after Robert W. Churchill, who was a radio operator on Wilkes Station in 1958.
Web links
- Churchill Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Churchill Point on geographic.org (English)