Richard Point

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Richard Point
Geographical location
Richard Point (South Orkney Islands)
Richard Point
Coordinates 60 ° 41 ′  S , 45 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 60 ° 41 ′  S , 45 ° 38 ′  W
location Signy Island ( South Orkney Islands )
Waters Weddell Sea
Waters 2 Williams Haven

The Richard Point is a headland in the north of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located 500 m southwest of North Point and forms the southern boundary of the entrance to Williams Haven .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1990 after Kenneth J. Richard, a soil biology technician who worked for the British Antarctic Survey from 1978 at Signy Station .

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