Goldcrest Point
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 0 ′ S , 38 ° 5 ′ W | |
| location | Bird Island | |
| Waters | Stewart Strait | |
The Goldcrest Point ( English for Golkamm -spitze ) is a headland that forms the northwestern extension of Bird Island off the northwestern end of South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It is on the east side of Stewart Strait .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped it between 1926 and 1930. The South Georgia Survey repeated this between 1951 and 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the headland in 1963 after the conspicuous body feature of the crested penguins ( Latin Eudyptes chrysolophus ), which colonize this headland .
Web links
- Goldcrest Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Goldcrest Point on geographic.org (English)