Plunket Point

Plunket Point
Geographical location
Coordinates	85 ° 5 ′  S , 167 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 85 ° 5 ′  S , 167 ° 6 ′  E
location	Dominion Range , Transantarctic Mountains
Waters	Beardmore Glacier
Waters 2	Mill Glacier

The Plunket Point is a rocky outcrop in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . At the northern end of the Dominion Range, it marks the point where the Beardmore and Mill glaciers meet .

The cape was discovered by participants in the Nimrod expedition (1907-1909) led by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton . It is named after William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket (1864–1920), the then Governor General of New Zealand .

See also

• List of geographical objects discovered during the Nimrod expedition

Web links

• Plunket Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Plunket Point on geographic.org (English)
• Plunket Point. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 244 (English)