Spit Point (Heard)
| Spit Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 7 ′ S , 73 ° 52 ′ E | |
| location | Alert Island ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Spit Bay | |
 Heard map with Spit Point (right) from 1976 |
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The Spit Point ( English for headland tip ) is a headland on the island of Heard in the southern Indian Ocean . It originally formed the eastern end of Elephant Spit . Due to the increasing erosion of the Elephant Spit, it is now the eastern branch of the Alert Island that was created .
The descriptive naming was probably made by American seal hunters who pursued the seal hunt here from 1855 .
Web links
- Spit Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Spit Point on geographic.org (English)