King Point
| King Point | ||
 Joinville Island (center) with V-shaped Ambush Bay (center right) and King Point on the left side of the bay |
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 10 ′ S , 55 ° 29 ′ W | |
| location | Joinville Island ( Joinville Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Waters 2 | Ambush Bay | |
The King Point is a headland on the northern coast of West Antarctic Joinville Island . It marks the western limit of the entrance to Ambush Bay .
The cape was discovered on December 30, 1842 during the Antarctic expedition (1839-1843) of the British polar explorer James Clark Ross . Ross named it after Captain (later Rear Admiral ) Phillip Parker King (1791-1856), who made decisive contributions to the coastal mapping of Australia and South America.
Web links
- King Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- King Point on geographic.org (English)