Cardno Point () is a high flat-topped, tussock-covered headland forming the eastern extremity of Bird Island, off the west end of

South Georgia South Georgia is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. ...

. It was named by the

UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) an ...

for Lieutenant Commander Peter G.N. Cardno,

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...

, navigating officer of HMS ''Owen'', which made a hydrographic survey of the area in 1960–61.

References

* Headlands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands {{SouthGeorgia-geo-stub