Garnet Point
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 11 ′ S , 37 ° 37 ′ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters | South Atlantic | |
The Garnet Point is a headland on the south coast of South Georgia in the South Atlantic . Tidespring Island is just south of it . The headland is one of the breeding areas of the giant petrel and the wandering albatross .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2009. It is named after the whaler garnet , which sank in the Icefjord in 1925 as a result of a collision with a reef rock .
Web links
- Garnet Point . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)