
Rip Point () is a point on
Nelson Island forming the south side of the east entrance to
Fildes Strait, in the
South Shetland Islands. The name appears on a
British Admiralty
The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State. For much of it ...
chart showing the results of a survey by
DI personnel on the ''
Discovery II'' in 1935.
References
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Headlands of Antarctica
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