Lenton Point
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Coordinates | 60 ° 44 ′ S , 45 ° 36 ′ W | |
location | Signy Island ( South Orkney Islands ) | |
Waters | Clowes Bay | |
Waters 2 | Lenton Cove |
The Lenton Point is a headland in the south of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . In Clowes Bay it forms the southwestern extension of a small and rocky peninsula and marks the southern limit of the entrance to Lenton Cove .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations carried out a rough map in 1933. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) re-measured the headland in 1947. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1954 after Ralph Anthony Lenton (1923–1986), FIDS radio operator on Signy Island in 1948.
Web links
- Lenton Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lenton Point on geographic.org (English)