Moody Point
| Moody Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 19 ′ S , 55 ° 3 ′ W | |
| location | Joinville Island ( Joinville Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
The Moody Point is a headland , the eastern end of the West Antarctic Joinville Island in front of the northeastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula forms. Upstream from it are the Williwaw Rocks 3 km southeast .
The British polar explorer James Clark Ross discovered them in 1842 during his Antarctic expedition (1839–1843). Ross named her after Richard Clement Moody (1813-1887) first governor of the Falkland Islands from 1843 to 1848.
Web links
- Moody Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Moody Point on geographic.org (English)