Lovegrove Point

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Lovegrove Point
Geographical location
Lovegrove Point (South Orkney Islands)
Lovegrove Point
Coordinates 60 ° 41 ′  S , 45 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 60 ° 41 ′  S , 45 ° 39 ′  W
location Signy Island ( South Orkney Islands )
Waters Weddell Sea
Waters 2 Express Cove

The Lovegrove Point is a headland on the west coast of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It marks the northern limit of the entrance to Express Cove .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1991 after Ian William Lovegrove (* 1945) of the British Antarctic Survey , head of the Rothera station from 1983 to 1984 and the Signy station from 1984 to 1989.

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