Newburgh Point
| Newburgh Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 5 ′ S , 66 ° 45 ′ W | |
| location | Lavoisier Island ( Biscoe Islands ) | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
The Newburgh Point is a headland of Lavoisier Island in the group of Biscoe Islands west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It represents the northwestern extension of the island.
Aerial photographs of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1958–1959) were used to map them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the US physiologist Louis Harry Newburgh (1883-1956), who had dealt with the thermoregulation of the human body and the right clothing for polar regions.
Web links
- Newburgh Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Newburgh Point on geographic.org (English)