Harpoon Point
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 5 ′ S , 58 ° 25 ′ W | |
| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Mackellar Inlet | |
The Harpoon Point ( English for Polish Przylądek Harpun , Harpunenkap ' ) is a small cape on the south coast of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It lies at the southwest end of the Keller Peninsula and borders the Mackellar Inlet , a side bay of Admiralty Bay .
Polish scientists named it in 1980 after a whale harpoon found here .
Web links
- Harpoon Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)