Drying point

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Drying point
Geographical location
Drying Point (South Orkney Islands)
Drying point
Coordinates 60 ° 42 ′  S , 45 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 60 ° 42 ′  S , 45 ° 36 ′  W
location Signy Island , South Orkney Islands
Waters Borge Bay

The Drying Point is a headland to the east of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located 330 m northwest of Mooring Point on the southwest shore of Borge Bay north of the Cemetery Flats .

The headland's name appears for the first time on a map that was created in 1927 after a rough survey of Borge Bay by participants in the British Discovery Investigations . The name probably goes back to whalers, who described the fact that the headland falls dry at low tide .

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