Stench Point
| Stench Point | ||
 Satellite image of Zavadovski Island with Stench Point (upper of the two headlands on the right) |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 18 ′ S , 27 ° 36 ′ W | |
| location | Zavodovski Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
| Waters | South Atlantic | |
The Stench Point is a prominent headland , which marks the western foothills of Zavodovski Island in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands . It is south of Acrid Point .
British Discovery Investigations scientists on the RRS Discovery II named the Cape West Bluff in 1930 . In order to avoid duplication of names, this was changed to the form common today, which has been established by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee since 1971 . The name refers to the stench ( English stench ) emanating from volcanic gases that escape on the west side of the island.
Web links
- Stench Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stench Point on geographic.org (English)