Antarctic Point is a
headland
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, Joh ...
which marks the west side of the entrance to
Antarctic Bay
Antarctic Bay is a bay wide which recedes southwest , entered between Antarctic Point and Morse Point on the north coast of South Georgia. It was probably first sighted by a British expedition under James Cook in 1775, and was explored in 19 ...
on the north coast of
South Georgia
South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east ...
. It was charted in the period 1926–30 by
Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London ...
personnel, who named it after nearby Antarctic Bay.
See also
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Contrast Rocks
Contrast may refer to:
Science
* Contrast (vision), the contradiction in form, colour and light between parts of an image
* Contrast (statistics), a combination of averages whose coefficients add up to zero, or the difference between two means
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References
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Headlands of South Georgia
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