Christmas Point
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 23 ′ S , 48 ° 58 ′ E | |
| location | Hydrographer Islands , Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Khmara Bay | |
The Christmas Point is a striking, east-west oriented headland off the coast of the East Antarctic Enderbylands . It protrudes from the southern edge of the Hydrographer Islands into Khmara Bay .
The three Australian geologists Michael A. Sandiford, Christopher J. L. Wilson and Edward S. Grew spent Christmas Day 1979 here and named the headland in memory of this event.
Web links
- Christmas Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)