Gamage Point

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Gamage Point
Palmer station (39985592) .jpg
The Gamage Point with the Palmer station built on it
Geographical location
Gamage Point (Antarctic Peninsula)
Gamage Point
Coordinates 64 ° 46 ′  S , 64 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 64 ° 46 ′  S , 64 ° 3 ′  W
location Anvers Island
( Palmer Archipelago )
Waters Bismarck Street
Waters 2 Hero Inlet

The Gamage Point is a headland on the southwestern coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks the north side of the entrance to Hero Inlet . The headland is the location of the US Palmer station .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1974 based on the name of the Hero Inlet. It is named after the Harvey F. Gamage shipyard in South Bristol , Maine , where the research ship RV Hero was launched in 1968 .

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