Mooring point

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Mooring point
Geographical location
Mooring Point (South Orkney Islands)
Mooring point
Coordinates 60 ° 42 ′  S , 45 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 60 ° 42 ′  S , 45 ° 36 ′  W
location Signy Island ( South Orkney Islands )
Waters Factory Cove

The Mooring Point is a headland to the east of Signy Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located between Drying Point and Knife Point on the shores of Factory Cove on the south side of Borge Bay .

The headland's name appears for the first time on a map drawn up in 1927 after a rough survey of Borge Bay by scientists from the British Discovery Investigations . The name probably goes back to whalers who described that they used the headland as a landing stage.

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