Bagnold Point
| Bagnold Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 2 ′ S , 67 ° 29 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Loubet coast | |
| Waters | Gunnel Channel | |
| Waters 2 | Schumsky Bay | |
The Bagnold Point is a headland on the coast of Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land to the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between the Gunnel Channel and the Schumski Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1960 after the British desert researcher Ralph Alger Bagnold (1896–1990), author of the standard work The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes from 1941.
Web links
- Bagnold Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bagnold Point on geographic.org (English)