Lair Point
| Lair Point | ||
 Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with Lair Point |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 37 ′ S , 61 ° 2 ′ W | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| coast | Robbery Beaches | |
| Waters | Kukuzel Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Barclay Bay | |
The Lair Point is a headland of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the north side of the Byers Peninsula , it is 8 km southeast of Essex Point .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee gave the headland a descriptive name in 1962. As the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey between 1957 and 1958 found on the basis of remains, a large cave on this headland served sealers as a hiding place ( English lair ) in the 1820s .
Web links
- Lair Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lair Point on geographic.org (English)