Spaull Point
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 44 ′ S , 45 ° 41 ′ W | |
| location | Moe Island ( South Orkney Islands ) | |
| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
The Spaull Point is a rocky headland , the northern foothills of Moe Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands form.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the biologist Vaughan William Spaull (* 1944), who worked for the British Antarctic Survey on Signy Island in 1969 .
Web links
- Spaull Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Spaull Point on geographic.org (English)