Rock Pile Point
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Rock Pile Point is the east point of Bermel Peninsula
on the Bowman Coast
, Graham Land
. This feature was photographed from the air and roughly positioned by United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41, which applied the descriptive name Rock Pile Point to the peninsula
; the name was subsequently reapplied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) to the east point as described.
Bermel Peninsula
The Bermel Peninsula is a rugged, mountainous peninsula, approximately 15 mi long and 7 mi wide, located at between Solberg Inlet and Mobiloil Inlet on the Bowman Coast, Graham Land, Antarctica...
on the Bowman Coast
Bowman Coast
The Bowman Coast is the portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Northrop and Cape Agassiz. It was discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins in an aerial flight of December 20, 1928. It was named by Wilkins for Isaiah Bowman, then Director of the American Geographical Society....
, Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. This feature was photographed from the air and roughly positioned by United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41, which applied the descriptive name Rock Pile Point to the peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
; the name was subsequently reapplied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) to the east point as described.