Salamander Point

	Salamander Point
	Geographical location
Coordinates	59 ° 24 ′ S , 27 ° 5 ′ W 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 .

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