''For the point in Barbados, see
Harrison Point, Barbados''
Harrison Point is a point marked by a string of off-lying rocks, lying west of
Busen Point on the south side of
Stromness Bay,
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 charted in 1927 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, ...
(DI) personnel and named "Matthews Point" for
L. Harrison Matthews, a British zoologist and member of the DI staff, 1924–35, who worked at South Georgia in 1924–27. In 1954, 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 ...
recommended that this name be altered to Harrison Point to avoid duplication with
Matthews Point (also named for L. Harrison Matthews), a better known feature in
Undine Harbour, South Georgia. This change allows Matthews' name to be retained for this feature, while the confusing duplication of names is avoided.
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References
Headlands of South Georgia
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