Battle Point

	Battle Point
	Geographical location
Coordinates	67 ° 10 ′ S , 64 ° 45 ′ W Coordinates: 67 ° 10 ′ S , 64 ° 45 ′ W
location	Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula
coast	Foyn coast
Waters	Weddell Sea
Waters 2	Hess inlet

The Battle Point is a striking and rocky headland at the Foyn coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies below and southeast of Mount Dater and marks the northern limit of the entrance to Hess Inlet .

Aerial photographs were taken during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941), the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) and the United States Navy in 1968. The British Antarctic Survey mapped the headland between 1963 and 1964. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the British glaciologist Walter Ravenhill Brown Battle (1919-1953), who researched in particular in the field of erosion in Karen .

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