Hope Point (South Georgia)
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 Memorial cross for the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton on Hope Point |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 17 ′ S , 36 ° 29 ′ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters | Cumberland East Bay | |
| Waters 2 | King Edward Cove | |
The Hope Point is a headland on the north coast of South Georgia . The cape marks the northern limit of the entrance to King Edward Cove on the west bank of Cumberland East Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1955 after Herbert Willes Webley Hope (1878-1968) of the Royal Navy , who surveyed King Edward Cove in 1920 from HMS Dartmouth .
Web links
- Hope Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hope Point on geographic.org (English)