Homeward Point

	Homeward Point
	Geographical location
Coordinates	64 ° 51 ′ S , 63 ° 36 ′ W Coordinates: 64 ° 51 ′ S , 63 ° 36 ′ W
location	Doumer Island , Palmer Archipelago , Antarctic Peninsula
Waters	Neumayer Canal
Waters 2	Security Bay

The Homeward Point (English for Heimwärtsspitze ) is a headland on Doumer Island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . It forms the west side of the entrance to Security Bay .

Participants of the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot mapped them. Scientists from the Royal Navy Hydrographic Unit , who worked in the area between 1956 and 1957, made the designation. It was named after the fact that the headland served as a prominent landmark on their daily return from the Bismarck Strait to Port Lockroy .

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