Point Wild
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| Coordinates | 61 ° 6 ′ S , 54 ° 52 ′ W | |
| location | Elephant Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Waters 2 | Caleta Salvador Reyes | |
 Map of Elephant Island with Point Wild |
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Point Wild is a headland on the north coast of Elephant Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 10 km west of Cape Valentine , 800 m east of Cape Belsham and marks the eastern limit of Caleta Salvador Reyes .
The British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton named it during the endurance expedition (1914–1917) as Cape Wild . It is named after the British polar explorer Frank Wild (1873-1939), who led the team on this expedition after the end of the Endurance that waited for four months to be rescued by Shackleton in August 1916 on this headland.
Web links
- Point Wild in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Point Wild on geographic.org (English)