Tama Point
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 43 ′ S , 40 ° 26 ′ E | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Crown Prince Olav Coast | |
| Waters | Cosmonaut Lake | |
The Tama Point ( Norwegian pearl knuckle ) is a headland on the Crown Prince Olav coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located 5 km northeast of the Tama Glacier .
It was mapped and photographed by participants in the Japanese Antarctic expedition, which lasted from 1957 to 1962 and which they named as 玉 岬 Tama-misaki , German for 'pearl cape' . In 1968, the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred the Japanese name to English.
Web links
- Tama Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tama Point on geographic.org (English)