Jurva Point
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 50 ′ S , 65 ° 48 ′ W | |
| location | Renaud Island ( Biscoe Islands ) | |
| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Waters 2 | Rodman Passage | |
The Jurva Point is a headland at the end of a peninsula , the south-eastern end of Renaud Island in the archipelago of Biscoe Islands west of the Antarctic Peninsula .
The headland is first shown on Argentine maps from 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the Finnish oceanographer Risto Jurva (1888–1953), a pioneer in the study of sea ice .
Web links
- Jurva Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jurva Point on geographic.org (English)