Helmet point
| Helmet point | ||
 Topographic map of Moubray Bay with Helm Point (top right) |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 11 ′ S , 170 ° 0 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Borchgrevink coast | |
| Waters | Moubray Bay | |
The helmet Point is a prominent headland at the Borchgrevink Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the western part of Moubray Bay, it is located at the southwest end of Honeycomb Ridge . The headland consists of brown granodiorite , shows lush vegetation of mosses and lichens and is the breeding area of the snow petrel and the spotted petrel .
Participants in the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition campaign, which ran from 1957 to 1958, named the headland after Arthur Stanley Helm (* 1914), Secretary of the New Zealand Ross Sea Committee from 1957 to 1964.
Web links
- Helm Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Helm Point on geographic.org (English)