Belemnite Point
| Belemnite Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 39 ′ S , 68 ° 31 ′ W | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Waters | Eris glacier | |
| Waters 2 | Grotto glacier | |
The Belemnite Point is a cape , mainly ice-free as the eastern foothills of one and hook-shaped ridge on the east coast of the West Antarctic Alexander Island lies. It is located halfway between Lamina Peak and Ablation Point and 3 km inland from George VI Sound between the estuaries of the Eris Glacier in the north and the Grotto Glacier in the south
The US polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth saw it for the first time during an overflight on November 23, 1935. The resulting photographs were used by Ellsworth's compatriot, the geographer WLG Joerg , for mapping. Geodetic surveys were carried out in 1936 participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) and in 1949 in the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . The latter named the cape after the petrified belemnites that were found here.
Web links
- Belemnite Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Belemnite Point on geographic.org (English)