Hodges Point

	Hodges Point
	Geographical location
Coordinates	67 ° 22 ′ S , 65 ° 5 ′ W Coordinates: 67 ° 22 ′ S , 65 ° 5 ′ W
location	Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula
coast	Foyn coast
Waters	Larsen Ice Shelf

The Hodges Point is a rocky headland on the Foyn coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It ends in a black and thus distinctive cliff and is 10 km east-northeast of Cape Northrop . Two twin peaks, 940 m and 960 m high, tower on the headland .

Aerial photos were taken during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941). The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped them between 1947 and 1948. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1974 after Ben Hodges (* 1936), who was involved in the exploration of the Larsen Ice Shelf for the British Antarctic Survey between 1963 and 1964 .

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