Stone Point
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 24 ′ S , 56 ° 57 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Waters | Hope Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Antarctic Sound | |
The Stone Point is a headland with a small barrier island on the northeastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks the south side of the entrance to Hope Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1954 after Henry William Stone (* 1914) from St. John’s , Canada , first mate on board the survey vessel Trepassey in service of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey between 1946 and 1947.
Web links
- Stone Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stone Point on geographic.org (English)