Rayner Point
| Rayner Point | ||
 Map of Coronation Island (center) with Rayner Point |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 39 ′ S , 45 ° 11 ′ W | |
| location | Coronation Island ( South Orkney Islands ) | |
| Waters | Lewthwaite Strait | |
| Waters 2 | Gibbon Bay | |
The Rayner Point is overlooked by a rocky peak promontory on the east coast of Coronation Iceland in Archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is on the north side of the entrance to Gibbon Bay .
Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sørlle mapped the headland between 1912 and 1913. Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations re- mapped the headland in 1933 and named the headland after George William Rayner (1906–1964), a member of the zoological staff on the expedition committee for the Discovery Investigations.
Web links
- Rayner Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rayner Point on geographic.org (English)