Hardy Point
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| Coordinates | 59 ° 25 ′ S , 27 ° 6 ′ W | |
| location | Bellingshausen Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
| Waters | Maurice Channel | |
The Hardy Point is the western spur of Bellingshausen Iceland in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped and named the headland in 1930. It is named after the British marine biologist Alister Hardy (1896–1985), who was a member of the advisory committee of this research series between 1924 and 1928.
Web links
- Hardy Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hardy Point on geographic.org (English)