Saint Rita Point
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 14 ′ S , 57 ° 16 ′ W | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Markham Bay | |
The Saint Rita Point ( Spanish Cabo Santa Rita ) is a headland with a rocky outcrop on the east coast of the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It is north of the mouth of the Gourdon Glacier in Markham Bay .
The name of the headland was first recorded on an Argentine map from 1959. It is named after the Italian nun Rita von Cascia (1381–1447), saint of the Roman Catholic Church and patron saint of butchers , for hopeless concerns, for exams and smallpox .
Web links
- Saint Rita Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Saint Rita Point on geographic.org (English)