Braillard Point
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 13 ′ S , 58 ° 55 ′ W | |
| location | Ardley Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Maxwell Bay | |
The Braillard Point is a headland that the northeastern end of Ardley Iceland in the archipelago of South Shetland Islands forms. It lies northeast of the southwest end of King George Island .
Participants in the British Discovery Investigations , who mapped the headland from 1931 to 1933 and between 1933 and 1935, named it after Albert Thomas Braillard (1903–1950), a crew member on the research vessel RRS Discovery II .
Web links
- Braillard Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Braillard Point on geographic.org (English)