Finger Point (Skua Island)
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 15 ′ S , 64 ° 16 ′ W | |
| location | Skua Island ( Argentine Islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago ) | |
| Waters | Black Island Channel | |
The Finger Point ( English for Finger Landspitze ) is a headland that forms the southwestern end of Skua Island in the group of Argentine Islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It protrudes into the Black Island Channel and is located northeast of Black Island .
Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937), led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill, mapped it and gave the headland its descriptive name.
Web links
- Finger Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Finger Point on geographic.org (English)