Triton Point

	Triton Point
	Geographical location
Coordinates	71 ° 41 ′ S , 68 ° 13 ′ W Coordinates: 71 ° 41 ′ S , 68 ° 13 ′ W
location	Alexander I Island ( West Antarctica )
Waters	George VI Sound

The Triton Point is a rocky headland on the east coast of the West Antarctic Alexander Island . It forms the eastern end of the Offset Ridge between the Venus and Neptune glaciers .

The headland was first sighted by the American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth during an overflight on November 23, 1935. The resulting aerial photographs were used by Ellsworth's compatriot, the geographer WLG Joerg , for rough mapping. A superficial survey was made by participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937), which was followed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1955 in connection with the Neptune Glacier after Triton , one of the moons of the planet Neptune.

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