Porteous Point
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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 .
Web links
- Porteous Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Porteous Point on geographic.org (English)