Islands Point () is a high rock point separating
Berg Bay and
Relay Bay, lying along the west shore of
Robertson Bay in
Victoria Land,
Antarctica. The headland was charted by the northern party of the
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13
The ''Terra Nova'' Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. Led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the expedition had various scientific and geographical objec ...
, under Captain
Robert Falcon Scott, and was probably named with reference to the small island (
Sphinx Rock) which lies just north of the point.
[ The headland lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between ]Cape Williams Cape Williams () is an ice-covered cape in Antarctica. It is the termination of Buell Peninsula at the east side of the terminus of Lillie Glacier at the lower ends of George Glacier and Zykov Glacier. The peninsula is 15 nautical miles (28 km) ...
and Cape Adare
Cape Adare is a prominent cape of black basalt forming the northern tip of the Adare Peninsula and the north-easternmost extremity of Victoria Land, East Antarctica.
Description
Marking the north end of Borchgrevink Coast and the west e ...
.
References
Islands of Victoria Land
Pennell Coast
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