
Siddins Point () is a point projecting into the middle of the head of
Hero Bay on the north coast of
Livingston Island in the
South Shetland Islands,
Antarctica. Named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for Captain
Richard Siddins, Master of the Australian sealer Lynx of Sydney, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21 and 1821–22. Until 2011 the name was incorrectly spelt 'Siddons Point'.
Minutes of Meeting at the British Antarctic Survey, 6 October 2011.
UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2011.
Maps
* L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
* L.L. Ivanov
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
References
Siddins Point.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about t ...
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Headlands of Livingston Island
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