Holdfast Point
| Holdfast Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 48 ′ S , 66 ° 35 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Loubet coast | |
| Waters | Crystal sound | |
| Waters 2 | Lallemand Fjord and Chepra Cove | |
The Holdfast Point is a headland at the Loubet coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks the eastern limit of the entrance from Crystal Sound to Lallemand Fjord around 19 km southwest of Cape Rey .
It was mapped using aerial photographs of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition from 1956 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 because the ice masses flowing out of the Lallemand Fjord are held there for a long time.
Web links
- Holdfast Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Holdfast Point on geographic.org (English)