Rankin Point
| Rankin Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 48 ′ S , 35 ° 49 ′ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Waters 2 | Cooper Sound and Cooper Bay | |
The Rankin Point is a headland in the southeast of South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It marks the northern limit of the northeast entrance to Cooper Sound and the southern limit of that to Cooper Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2009. It was named after the British ornithologist Niall Rankin, who carried out ornithological studies on South Georgia from 1946 to 1947.
Web links
- Rankin Point . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)