Fothergill Point
| Fothergill Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 34 ′ S , 60 ° 16 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Nordenskjöld coast | |
| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Waters 2 | Odrin Bay | |
The Fothergill Point is a low and rocky headland at the Nordenskjöld Coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 8 km northeast of Cape Worsley and marks the northern limit of the entrance to Odrin Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1964 after Ian Ledgard Fothergill (1937-2009), meteorologist and head of the station of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in Hope Bay from 1959 to 1963.
Web links
- Fothergill Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fothergill Point on geographic.org (English)