Carse Point
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 14 ′ S , 68 ° 11 ′ W | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Rymill coast | |
| Waters | George VI Sound | |
The Carse Point is the western extension of a rock mass with four peaks of up to 1250 m height, which is located on the south side of the mouth of the Riley Glacier in the George VI Sound on the Rymill coast of the Antarctic Palmerland . The cape is separated from Mount Dixey to the northwest by an icy saddle . To Mount Flower in the east, this is given by a small glacier .
The associated rock massif was probably photographed by the US polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth during an overflight on November 23, 1935. These aerial photographs in turn were used for cartographic recording by the geographer WLG Joerg . The cape was measured in 1936 by participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill , who named it after Verner Duncan Carse (1913-2004), a member of the expedition.
Web links
- Carse Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Carse Point on geographic.org (English)