Ash Point
| Ash Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 28 ′ S , 59 ° 39 ′ W | |
| location | Greenwich Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | English Strait | |
| Waters 2 | Discovery Bay | |
The Ash Point is a headland on the east coast of Greenwich Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It flanks the entrance to Discovery Bay to the southeast . At its southeast end is Bascopé Point .
Participants in the British Discovery Investigations from 1934 to 1935 named the cape descriptively after its ash-colored rock.
Web links
- Ash Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ash Point on geographic.org (English)