Draves Point
| Draves Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 4 ′ S , 101 ° 4 ′ E | |
| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Knox coast | |
| Waters | Mawson Lake | |
The Draves Point is a headland at the Knox Coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country . It is the westernmost landmark of the Booth Peninsula and is located 500 m north of the eastern part of Thomas Island .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) gave it in 1956 on the erroneous assumption that this object was an island, the name Draves Island . Scientists on a Soviet Antarctic expedition (1956–1957) discovered that the landmark is part of the Booth Peninsula. US ACAN corrected the toponym in 1961 . It is named after Dale Draves, a crew member of the flights carried out by Lieutenant Commander David Eli Bunger (1909–1971) in the US American Operation Highjump (1946–1947) for making aerial photographs.
Web links
- Draves Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Draves Point on geographic.org (English)