Davey Point
Davey Point is a conspicuous rocky headland 6 km (3.7 mi) south-west of Round Point on the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
History[edit]
This feature was charted and named Round Island by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II in 1935, but air photos now show that it is not an island but a rocky point. Since there is already a Round Point on King George Island, a new name was substituted by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960. Davey Point is named for Graham J. Davey, a Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey assistant surveyor at Admiralty Bay in 1957 and 1958, who triangulated King George Island and extended this triangulation to Nelson Island, Robert Island and Greenwich Island.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Davey Point". Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981_djvu. p. 505. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
- ^ "Davey Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Davey Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
61°58′S 58°34′W / 61.967°S 58.567°W
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