Bachstrom Point
| Bachstrom Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 29 ′ S , 63 ° 50 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Graham coast | |
| Waters | Field Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Adie Cove | |
The creek current Point is a headland at the Graham Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located on the northeast bank of Beascochea Bay or on the south side of the Kiev Peninsula at a distance of 13 km southeast of Cape Pérez . It separates the entrance to Field Cove in the west from that to Adie Cove in the east.
It was first mapped during the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the theologian, physician, technician and writer Johann Friedrich Bachstrom (1686–1742), who recognized scurvy as a deficiency disease in 1734 and the use of fresh fruits and vegetables for prevention and healing recommended.
Web links
- Bachstrom Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bachstrom Point on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ JF Bachstromio: Observationes circa scorbutum: ejusque indolem, causas, signa, et curam, institutæ, eorum præprimis in usum, qui Groenlandiam & Indiam Orientis petunt . Leiden, Conrad Wishoff, 1734