Marina Point
| Marina Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 15 ′ S , 64 ° 15 ′ W | |
| location | Galíndez Island ( Wilhelm Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
The Marina Point is a headland that forms the northwestern tip of Galíndez Island in the group of Argentine Islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula .
Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill mapped it and gave the headland its name. It is named after Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906–1968), whose marriage to George, 1st Duke of Kent, fell in November 1934 at a time when the Penola , one of the two research vessels of the expedition, was heading for the Argentine Islands.
Web links
- Marina Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Marina Point on geographic.org (English)