Newell Point is the rocky point forming the northeast extremity of

Robert Island Robert Island or Mitchells Island or Polotsk Island or Roberts Island is an island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being ...

in the

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the n ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...

and is a northwest entrance point of Nelson Strait. The feature originally charted and named 'Newell Point' 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 in 1935 was probably the north extremity of the nearby

Tatul Island Tatul Island (, ) is a triangular ice-free island off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending , the island emerged as a distinct geographical entity following the retreat of Robert Island's ice cap ...

, the latter only becoming detached from Robert Island as a result of glacier retreat in the late 20th and early 21st century.

Location

The point is located at which is 5.27 km east-southeast of Catharina Point, 2.7 km east of Lavrenov Point, 950 m east-southeast of

, 1.07 km south-southeast of

Lientur Rocks Lientur Rocks is a group of prominent adjacent rocks lying off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and extending in east–west direction and in north–south direction. The area was visited by early 19 ...

, 3.85 km southwest of Liberty Rocks, 14.8 km west-southwest of

Harmony Point Harmony Point is a point which lies close west of Harmony Cove and forms both the south side of the entrance to Malak Sechko Cove and the western extremity of Guangzhou Peninsula and Nelson Island (South Shetland Islands), Nelson Island, in the S ...

, Nelson Island, 10.67 km northwest of

Kitchen Point Kitchen Point is a rocky point at the east end of Tirizis Island off the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is projecting into Bransfield Strait to form the southeast side of the entrance to Kozloduy Cove a ...

, 8.11 km northwest of

Smirnenski Point Smirnenski Point (, ‘Nos Smirnenski’ \'nos 'smir-nen-ski\) is a narrow, ice-free point on the east coast of Robert Island projecting 1.1 km into Nelson Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and forming the northwest side of t ...

and 4.22 km northwest of Ugarchin Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Maps

* L.L. Ivanov
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Headlands of Robert Island {{RobertIsland-geo-stub

Location

See also

Maps

References