Morrell Point
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| Coordinates | 59 ° 26 ′ S , 27 ° 25 ′ W | |
| location | Thule Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
| Waters | South Atlantic | |
The Morrell Point is the northernmost point of land on the west coast of Thule Iceland in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1971 after the American sealer captain Benjamin Morrell (1795-1839) from Stonington , Connecticut , who had sailed to the island in 1823 with his ship Wasp .
Web links
- Morrell Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Morrell Point on geographic.org (English)