Halpern Point
| Halpern Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 18 ′ S , 57 ° 51 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Trinity Peninsula | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
The Halpern Point is a headland in the north of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . On the northwest coast of the Trinity Peninsula , it lies immediately south of the eastern part of the Duroch Islands .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1964 after the Canadian geologist Martin Halpern (* 1937) of the University of Wisconsin , head of the geological team that had conducted field research in this area between 1961 and 1962.
Web links
- Halpern Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Halpern Point on geographic.org (English)