Contact point
| Contact point | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 22 ′ S , 57 ° 0 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Trinity Peninsula | |
| Waters | Hope Bay | |
The Contact Point is a small and rocky headland at the northern end of the Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located immediately west of Sheppard Point on the north bank of Hope Bay .
Participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) led by Otto Nordenskjöld were the first to map the headland. However, it was only measured in 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , which also made the designation. The headland is named after the granitic rock varieties made of greywacke , tuff and diorite , which are visible here and which provided crucial knowledge about the geology of the Tabarin peninsula .
Web links
- Contact Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Contact Point on geographic.org (English)