Nagagutsu Point
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 41 ′ S , 38 ° 21 ′ E | |
| location | Padda ( East Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Havsbotn | |
The Nagagutsu Point ( Japanese 長靴岬 Nagagutu-misaki , Norwegian Støvelodden , both sides translated Stiefelkap ) is an ice-covered headland , the south-eastern end of the island Padda before the Prince Harald Coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Lands forms.
Norwegian cartographers mapped them using aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . Scientists on a Japanese Antarctic expedition (1957–1962) mapped it again and gave it its descriptive name. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred the Japanese name in 1968 in an incorrectly spelled translation into English.
Web links
- Nagagutsu Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nagagutsu Point on geographic.org (English)