Butter Point
| Butter Point | ||
.jpg) Butter Point, headland between Koettlitz glacier (left) and Ferrar glacier (center) |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 39 ′ S , 164 ° 14 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Scott coast | |
| Waters | McMurdo Sound , Ross Sea | |
| Waters 2 | New Harbor | |
The butter Point is a flat promontory on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It marks the south side of the entrance to the New Harbor , the confluence of the Ferrar Glacier in McMurdo Sound .
The cape was discovered by participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . It was named after the part of the crew who explored the Ferrar Glacier during the expedition left a tin of butter at this point with the intention of using it on the return march to prepare fresh seal meat.
Web links
- Butter Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Butter Point on geographic.org (English)
- Butter Point. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 76 (English)