Dennes Point

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Dennes Point
Geographical location
Dennes Point (Antarctica)
Dennes Point
Coordinates 76 ° 41 ′  S , 159 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 76 ° 41 ′  S , 159 ° 45 ′  E
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Waters Shimmering Icefield

The Dennes Point is a headland of dolerite in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Allan Hills , it juts out into the Shimmering Icefield on the west side of Shipton Ridge .

A team from the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program to explore the Allan Hills in 1964 named it after a corresponding dolerite formation on Bruny Island .

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