Suffield Point
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Location | King George Island, Suffield Point, Antarctica |
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Coordinates | 62°11′19″S 58°54′24″W / 62.188528°S 58.906778°W |
Tower | |
Foundation | concrete base |
Construction | aluminium skeletal tower[1] |
Height | 5 m (16 ft) |
Shape | square truncated tower[1] |
Markings | white tower and red band[1] |
Power source | solar power |
Light | |
Focal height | 52 m (171 ft) |
Range | 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 5s |
Suffield Point is the south-west entrance point of Norma Cove, Fildes Peninsula, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was charted in the course of the Discovery Investigations, 1933–35, and named after boatswain William E. Suffield. The site is part of the Fildes Peninsula Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 125), designated as such because of its paleontological values.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c List of Lights, Pub. 111: The West Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
- ^ "Fildes Peninsula, King George Island" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 125: Measure 6, Annex. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2009. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Suffield Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
62°11′39″S 58°55′09″W / 62.19403°S 58.91919°W
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