Andreassen Point
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 54 ′ S , 57 ° 46 ′ W | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Herbert Sound | |
The Andreassen Point is a flat and ice-free headland in the north of the Antarctic James Ross Island , which protrudes 13 km south of Cape Lachman into the Herbert Sound .
Probable discoverer of the cape is Otto Nordenskjöld , head of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903). The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a survey in 1945. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the object after Frantz Leonard Andreassen (1858–1920), first mate on the Bark Antarctic , the ship of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition.
Web links
- Andreassen Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Andreassen Point on geographic.org (English)