Norsel Point
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 46 ′ S , 64 ° 6 ′ W | |
| location | Amsler Island ( Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
The Norsel Point , after 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey survey made (FIDS) of falsely the southwest coast of Anvers Island assigned, is a headland on the northwest foothills of the discovered in 2005 Amsler Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1957 after the Norwegian sealer MV Norsel , who was chartered by the FIDS between 1954 and 1955 to build the surveying station at Arthur Harbor .
Web links
- Norsel Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Norsel Point on geographic.org (English)