Johnson Point
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 24 ′ S , 36 ° 50 ′ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters | Jacobsen Bight | |
The Johnson Point is a headland on the south coast of South Georgia . It lies at the head of Jacobsen Bight and divides it south of the mouth of the Eclipse Glacier into two halves.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1962 after Clive Edwin Johnson (* 1953), field research assistant for the British Antarctic Survey in this area between 1975 and 1976 and on the Rothera station from 1977 to 1979.
Web links
- Johnson Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Johnson Point on geographic.org (English)