Hooke Point
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 11 ′ S , 66 ° 43 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Loubet coast | |
| Waters | Lallemand Fjord | |
The Hooke Point is a headland at the Loubet coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located near the head of the Lallemand Fjord .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped them between 1946 and 1959 based on surveys and aerial photographs. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the English polymath Robert Hooke (1635-1703), whose main work Micrographia contained the first known description of ice crystals.
Web links
- Hooke Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hooke Point on geographic.org (English)