Rodgers Point
| Rodgers Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 46 ′ S , 166 ° 47 ′ E | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Erebus Bay | |
The Rodgers Point is a headland of the Antarctic Ross Island . It is located 4 km northeast of Knob Point on the west coast of the Hut Point Peninsula and protrudes into Erebus Bay .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named her in 2000 after Thelma A. Rodgers, the first woman to winter at Scott Base in 1979 .
Web links
- Rodgers Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rodgers Point on geographic.org (English)