Pipit Point
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 9 ′ S , 36 ° 40 ′ W | |
| location | Grass Island ( South Georgia ) | |
| Waters | Stromness Bay | |
The Pipit Point is the eastern foothills of Grass Iceland in Stromness Harbor of South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It is the location of a beacon from the days of whaling in the waters of South Georgia.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2013 after the giant Pieper ( Anthus antarcticus , English South Georgia pipit ), whose holdings by the program to eradicate rats had benefited on Grass Iceland in the year 2000th
Web links
- Pipit Point . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)