Burton Point
| Burton Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 16 ′ S , 66 ° 53 ′ W | |
| location | Krogh Island , Biscoe Islands | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Vladigerov Passage | |
The Burton Point is a headland in the northeast of Krogh Iceland in Archipelago Biscoe Islands west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms the western boundary of the northern entrance to the Wladigerow Passage between Krogh Island and Lavoisier Island .
It was mapped using aerial photographs taken by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–1957). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the headland after the Canadian biophysicist Alan C. Burton (1904–1979), who studied the influence of cold on the human organism.
Web links
- Burton Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Burton Point on geographic.org (English)