Matthews Point
| Matthews Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 3 ′ S , 37 ° 58 ′ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Waters 2 | Undine Harbor | |
The Matthews Point is a headland on the south coast of the western end of the island of South Georgia . It forms the west side of the entrance to Undine Harbor .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped and named the headland between 1926 and 1930. It is named after the British zoologist Leonard Harrison Matthews (1901–1986), a member of the Discovery Investigations staff from 1924 to 1935 and who worked in South Georgia between 1924 and 1927 involved.
Web links
- Matthews Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Matthews Point on geographic.org (English)