Garnet Point
| Garnet Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 56 ′ S , 143 ° 46 ′ E | |
| location | East Antarctica | |
| coast | George V coast | |
| Waters | Watt Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Lake D'Urville | |
The Garnet Point (English for garnet headland ) is a rocky headland made of garnet gneiss on the East Antarctic George V coast . It is on the west side of the entrance to Watt Bay .
The cape was discovered during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . It got its descriptive name from the Australian geologist Frank Leslie Stillwell (1888-1963), participant of the expedition and leader of the team that geologically explored the Cape.
Web links
- Garnet Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Garnet Point on geographic.org (English)