Deliverance Point
| Deliverance Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 18 ′ S , 64 ° 6 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Graham coast | |
| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Waters 2 | Collins Bay | |
The Deliverance Point ( French Pointe de la Délivrance , Spanish Punta Délivrance , freely translated: Cape of Liberation ) is a rocky headland on the Graham coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . In the west of the Kiev Peninsula , 4 km south of Cape Tuxen , it marks the northern limit of the entrance from the Grandidier Canal into Collins Bay .
It was discovered and mapped in 1909 during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Charcots . Charcot named him so after he was accidentally separated from the expedition ship together with the hydrograph René-Émile Godfroy (1885-1981) and the glaziolge Ernest Gourdon (1875-1955) and only resumed a few days later. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred the French name to English in 1959.
Web links
- Deliverance Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Deliverance Point on geographic.org (English)