Ablation Point
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 48 ′ S , 68 ° 20 ′ W | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Waters | George VI Sound , Bellingshausen Lake | |
The ablation Point is the eastern end of a hook-shaped ridge on the east coast of the Antarctic Alexander Island . It marks the northern boundary of the entrance to the Ablation Valley .
The American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth photographed the Cape during an overflight on November 23, 1935. These aerial photographs were used by Ellworth's compatriot WLG Joerg for mapping purposes . A rough geodetic survey was carried out in 1936 by participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill , who in 1949 carried out a new survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , which it based on the designation of the neighboring ablation Valley named.
Web links
- Ablation Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ablation Point on geographic.org (English)