Huitfeldt Point
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 0 ′ S , 64 ° 45 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Graham coast | |
| Waters | Barilari Bay | |
The Huitfeldt Point is a headland at the Graham Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located southwest of Vorweg Point in the northeast of the Velingrad Peninsula on the southwest bank of the Barilari Bay .
Participants of the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill mapped them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the Norwegian skiing pioneer Fritz Huitfeldt (1851-1938), inventor of the ski binding named after him .
Web links
- Huitfeldt Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Huitfeldt Point on geographic.org (English)