Smith Point
| Smith Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 49 ′ S , 63 ° 29 ′ W | |
| location | Wiencke Island ( Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Port Lockroy | |
The Smith Point is a headland on the west coast of Wiencke Island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . It is located northeast of Besnard Point on the southeast bank of Port Lockroy .
Participants of the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot discovered the headland. Her name first appears on a map based on surveys carried out by scientists from the British Discovery Investigations in 1927. The naming background has not survived.
Web links
- Smith Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Smith Point on geographic.org