Madell Point
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 35 ′ S , 66 ° 21 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Loubet coast | |
| Waters | Crystal sound | |
The Madell Point is a headland at the Loubet coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 3 km northeast of Cape Rey at the northwest end of the Pernik Peninsula and protrudes into the Crystal Sound .
Aerial photographs of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1955–1957) were used to map them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1959 after James Stuart Madell (* 1932), geodesist of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey on Detaille Island in 1957, who was responsible for the surveys in this area.
Web links
- Madell Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Madell Point on geographic.org (English)