Stranger Point
| Stranger Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 16 ′ S , 58 ° 37 ′ W | |
| location | King George Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
The Stranger Point is a headland at the southernmost tip of King George Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the headland in 1960 after the brig Stranger under Captain Joseph Adams from Boston , which operated together with the O'Caine under Captain Jonathan Winship to hunt seals in the waters around the South Shetland Islands between 1820 and 1821 .
Web links
- Stranger Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stranger Point on geographic.org (English)