Porteous Point

	Porteous Point
	Geographical location
Coordinates	60 ° 43 ′ S , 45 ° 41 ′ W Coordinates: 60 ° 43 ′ S , 45 ° 41 ′ W
location	Signy Island ( South Orkney Islands )
Waters	Cummings Cove
Waters 2	Fyr Channel

The Porteous Point is a headland at the southwestern end of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located on the south side of the entrance to Cummings Cove or on the northeast side of the entrance to the Fyr Channel .

Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped the headland in 1933. It is named after Andrew Nicol Porteous (1889 - unknown), engineer on the research vessel RRS Discovery II .

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