Alert Point

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Alert Point
Geographical location
Alert Point (South Georgia)
Alert Point
Coordinates 54 ° 5 ′  S , 37 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 54 ° 5 ′  S , 37 ° 9 ′  W
location South Georgia
Waters Possession Bay
Waters 2 Purvis glacier

The Alert Point is a headland on the north coast of South Georgia . It is located on the northern flank of the mouth of the Purvis Glacier in Possession Bay .

Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped it between 1928 and 1929 and named the headland after the motorboat Alert they used to survey the coast of South Georgia.

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