Nattriss Point
| Nattriss Point | ||
 Saunders Island with the Natriss Point (right) |
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 48 ′ S , 26 ° 23 ′ W | |
| location | Saunders Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Waters 2 | Cordelia Bay | |
The Nattriss Point is a rocky headland , the eastern end of Saunders Iceland in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands is.
The first measurement goes back to the first Russian Antarctic expedition under the direction of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1819 . Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations carried out another survey in 1930 . They named the headland after E. A. Nattriss, a member of the Discovery Investigations committee.
Web links
- Nattriss Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nattriss Point on geographic.org (English)