Sirohi Point
| Sirohi Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 57 ′ S , 170 ° 6 ′ E | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Waters | Alice Glacier | |
| Waters 2 | Beardmore Glacier | |
The Sirohi Point is a headland in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Alexandra chain , it is located on the northern flank of the mouth of the Alice Glacier in the Beardmore Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after the Indian biologist Giri Raj Singh Sirohi , who was the first Indian on the Antarctic continent to work at McMurdo Station from 1960 to 1961 .
Web links
- Sirohi Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sirohi Point on geographic.org (English)