Shrove Point
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 7 ′ S , 26 ° 41 ′ W | |
| location | Candlemas Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
| Waters | South Atlantic | |
The Shrove Point ( English for Shrove Tuesday tip ) is a headland at the southeastern end of Candlemas Iceland in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations named it so because they had done their mapping on a Shrove Tuesday , specifically on March 4, 1930.
Web links
- Shrove Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shrove Point on geographic.org (English)