Pottinger Point
| Pottinger Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 61 ° 56 ′ S , 58 ° 21 ′ W | |
| location | King George Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | Caleta Higueras | |
| Waters 2 | Jabłoński Bay and Corsair Bight | |
The Pottinger Point is a headland at the Nordküstevon King George Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is 3 km east of Round Point .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1960 after the British captain Charles Pottinger (1790-1833), skipper of the Tartar from London , with whom he operated from 1821 to 1822 in the waters around the South Shetland Islands.
Web links
- Pottinger Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pottinger Point on geographic.org (English)