Shiver Point
| Shiver Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 3 ′ S , 61 ° 24 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Oskar II coast | |
| Waters | Vaughan Inlet | |
| Waters 2 | Artanes Bay | |
The Shiver Point is a 670 m high headland at the Oskar-II. coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 13 km west of Cape Fairweather and marks the northern boundary of the entrance to Vaughan Inlet and the northwest boundary of the entrance to Artanes Bay .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey charted it in February 1949. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1951 as to the prevailing cold there to document ( English shiver , shudder, 'shiver ).
Web links
- Shiver Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shiver Point on geographic.org (English)