🏔️ Palmer Point

Antarctica · Antarctica · 69.72°S, 74.03°E

Palmer Point is a rock point on the coast of Antarctica, about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Strover Peak and 8 nautical miles (15 km) west-northwest of Mount Caroline Mikkelsen. Photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. Visited by I.R. McLeod, geologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party, 1969. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for J. Palmer, helicopter pilot with ANARE in 1968.

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Quick facts

Country	Antarctica
Continent / region	Antarctica
Coordinates (approx.)	69.72°S, 74.03°E · view on map

Palmer Point is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

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