Salamander Point
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Coordinates | 59 ° 24 ′ S , 27 ° 5 ′ W | |
location | Bellingshausen Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
Waters | Maurice Channel |
The Salamander Point is the northern tip of the Bellingshausen Iceland in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations they mapped and named the headland in 1930 as North Point ( English for northern tip ). In order to avoid confusion with the North Point of Signy Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands , the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee decided in 1971 to rename it based on the name of the neighboring Basilisk Peak . It is named after the fire salamander , which, like the basilisk , was historically assumed to be able to survive in fire .
Web links
- Salamander Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Salamander Point on geographic.org (English)