Skep Point
| Skep Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 3 ′ S , 57 ° 18 ′ W | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Erebus and Terror Golf | |
The Skep Point is an ice-free and towering headland in the northeast of the Antarctic James Ross Island . It is located 8 km west-northwest of Ula Point .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyed the headland in 1945 and 1953. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee descriptively named them in 1957. Seen from the sea side, it is reminiscent of a so-called Stülper ( English skep ), a special variant of the traditional beehive .
Web links
- Skep Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Skep Point on geographic.org (English)