Gurney Point
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 2 ′ S , 67 ° 27 ′ W | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Rymill coast | |
| Waters | George VI Sound | |
The Gurney Point is a narrow, 610 m high rocky cape on George VI Sound on the Rymill Coast in the west of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks the western end of a mountain ridge that separates the Bertram Glacier from the Ryder Glacier .
The American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth discovered and photographed the cape for the first time during an overflight on November 23, 1935. These photographs were used by the American cartographer WLG Joerg for an initial mapping. In 1936 it was measured again by participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1954 after Norman Arthur L. Gurney (1912-1980), a participant in the British Graham Land Expedition.
Web links
- Gurney Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gurney Point on geographic.org (English)