Meier Point
| Meier Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 38 ′ S , 45 ° 54 ′ W | |
| location | Coronation Island ( South Orkney Islands ) | |
| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Waters 2 | Norway Bight | |
 Map of Coronation Island (center) with Norway Bight and Meier Point |
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The Meier Point is a headland on the south coast of Coronation Iceland in Archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It forms the west side of the entrance to Norway Bight .
The name Cape Meier for this headland appears for the first time on a map based on the surveys of the South Orkney Islands by the Norwegian whaler captain Petter Sørlle between 1912 and 1913. The name was adapted after measurements by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey between 1956 and 1958. It is probably named after the British botanist and civil engineer John Miers [sic!] (1789–1879).
Web links
- Meier Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Meier Point on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1032 (English).