Rootes Point

	Rootes Point
	Geographical location
Coordinates	60 ° 41 ′ S , 45 ° 36 ′ W Coordinates: 60 ° 41 ′ S , 45 ° 36 ′ W
location	Signy Island ( South Orkney Islands )
Waters	Orwell Bight
Waters 2	Starfish Cove

The Rootes Point is a headland on the east side of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It marks the entrance to Starfish Cove to the north .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it 1991 (1951 *) by David Michael Rootes from the British Antarctic Survey , who as an assistant for Marine Research was active between 1977 and 1979 on Signy Iceland and from 1981 to 1984 as head of Signy Research Station acts had .

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