Gamage Point
Gamage Point | ||
The Gamage Point with the Palmer station built on it |
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Coordinates | 64 ° 46 ′ S , 64 ° 3 ′ W | |
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Anvers Island ( Palmer Archipelago ) |
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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 .
Web links
- Gamage Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gamage Point on geographic.org (English)