Mitchell Point
| Mitchell Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 13 ′ S , 62 ° 3 ′ W | |
| location | Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica | |
| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Waters 2 | Hill Bay | |
The Mitchell Point is a headland in the east of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks the southern limit of the entrance to Hill Bay .
Aerial photographs taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. made between 1956 and 1957, were used for mapping in 1959. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the US surgeon Silas W. Mitchell (1829-1914), the founder of neurology in the United States .
Web links
- Mitchell Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mitchell Point on geographic.org (English)