Glass Point
| Glass Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 61 ° 56 ′ S , 58 ° 9 ′ W | |
| location | King George Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | Drake Street | |
The Glass Point is a headland on the north coast of King George Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is 7 km southwest of False Round Point .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee made the designation in 1960. The name is Robert Hill Glass (1825-1884), captain of the Francis Allyn , which operated between 1873 and 1875 and between 1877 and 1879 in the waters around the South Shetland Islands.
Web links
- Glass Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Glass Point on geographic.org (English)