Derrick Point

Derrick Point
Geographical location
Coordinates	77 ° 33 '  S , 166 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 77 ° 33 '  S , 166 ° 10'  E
location	Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica )
Waters	Arrival Bay
Waters 2	Backdoor Bay

The Derrick Point (of English derrick , derrick ' ) is a headland on the west coast of the Antarctic Ross Island . At Cape Royds it is located between Backdoor Bay and Arrival Bay .

At this point of land, participants of the Nimrod expedition (1907-1909), led by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, used a loading pole for the landing of provisions and equipment.

See also

• List of geographical objects discovered during the Nimrod expedition

Web links

• Derrick Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ernest Shackleton: The Heart of the Antarctic. William Heinemann, London 1909, Vol. I, p. 114 , accessed from the Internet Archive on March 23, 2019 (English).