Markham Point
| Markham Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 4 ′ S , 37 ° 25 ′ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters | Bay of Isles | |
| Waters 2 | Ample Bay | |
The Markham Point is a headland on the north coast of South Georgia . It marks the west side of Ample Bay in the Bay of Isles .
The name appears for the first time in 1912 on a map of the Scottish explorer James Innes Wilson (1882-1940), who reached South Georgia in December 1909 and worked from 1909 to 1914 as a justice of the peace and postmaster at the whaling station Leith Harbor . It is named after Clements Markham (1830–1916), gray eminence of British polar research.
Web links
- Markham Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Markham Point on geographic.org (English)