Fitzroy Point
| Fitzroy Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 11 ′ S , 55 ° 9 ′ W | |
| location | Joinville Island ( Joinville Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Waters 2 | Fliess Bay | |
The Fitzroy Point is a headland that the northeastern foothills of the West Antarctic Joinville Island forms. It is located on the east side of Fliess Bay .
The British polar explorer James Clark Ross discovered them on December 30, 1842 during his Antarctic expedition (1839-1843). Ross named it as Cape Fitzroy after the British hydrograph and meteorologist Robert FitzRoy (1805-1865). After measurements by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in December 1953, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee made an adaptation of the name on September 4, 1957.
Web links
- Fitzroy Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fitzroy Point on geographic.org (English)