Archer Point
| Archer Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 11 ′ S , 157 ° 37 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Oates coast | |
| Waters | Somow Lake , Southern Ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Harald Bay | |
The Archer Point is a headland at the Oates Coast in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It marks the west side of the entrance to Harald Bay .
The cape was discovered in February 1911 by Lieutenant Harry Lewin Lee Pennell (1882-1916), a crew member of the Terra Nova during the Antarctic expedition of the same name (1910-1913) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . It is named after Walter William Archer (1869–1944), the cook of this research trip.
Web links
- Archer Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Archer Point on geographic.org (English)