Braces Point
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 7 ′ S , 26 ° 48 ′ W | |
| location | Vindication Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
| Waters | South Atlantic | |
The Braces Point ( English for Spangenspitze ) is the northeastern cape of Vindication Island in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands .
British Discovery Investigations who surveyed the area in 1930 named it Low Point . The current name goes back to a recommendation by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971. It is named after the two-part shape of the headland, which seems to hold the trousers skirt in front of it like a clip .
Web links
- Braces Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Braces Point on geographic.org (English)