Clark Point

This article describes the headland on the Banzare coast in East Antarctica. For the headland of the same name in South Georgia in the South Atlantic see Clark Point (South Georgia) .

Clark Point
Geographical location
Coordinates	66 ° 33 ′  S , 123 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 66 ° 33 ′  S , 123 ° 55 ′  E
location	Wilkesland , East Antarctica
coast	Banzare coast
Waters	Southern Ocean (sector between the Mawson and D'Urville Seas )
Waters 2	Paulding Bay

The Clark Point is a headland at the Banzare coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country . It is located on the east side of the entrance to Paulding Bay .

The US cartographer Gardner Dean Blodgett (* 1925) made an initial mapping using aerial photographs of the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the headland in 1955 after George W. Clark, midshipman on the Sloop Peacock during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842) led by polar explorer Charles Wilkes .

Web links

• Clark Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Clark Point on geographic.org (English)