Chinstrap Point
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 8 ′ S , 26 ° 48 ′ W | |
| location | Vindication Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Waters 2 | Nelson Channel | |
The Chinstrap Point is the southeast headland of Vindication Iceland in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands . It marks the western limit of the southern entrance to the Nelson Channel .
British Discovery Investigations scientists who surveyed the area in 1930 named the headland Rocky Point . The current name goes back to a recommendation by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971. Name factor is the chinstrap ( Phygoscelis antarctica , English Chinstrap penguin ) includes the headland to the breeding grounds.
Web links
- Chinstrap Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chinstrap Point on geographic.org (English)