Gneiss Point
| Gneiss Point | ||
 Topographic map sheet of Ross Island (1: 250,000) with Gneiss Point on the opposite coast of McMurdo Sound |
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| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 24 ′ S , 163 ° 44 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Scott coast | |
| Waters | McMurdo Sound | |
| Waters 2 | Bay of Sails | |
The Gneiss Point is a rocky headland on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It protrudes 3 km north of Marble Point into McMurdo Sound and marks the southern boundary of the Bay of Sails .
Participants of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott mapped them and named them after the gneiss they found there .
Web links
- Gneiss Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gneiss Point on geographic.org (English)