Turnbull Point
| Turnbull Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 2 ′ S , 56 ° 38 ′ W | |
| location | D'Urville Island ( Joinville Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Waters 2 | Antarctic Sound | |
The Turnbull Point is an exposed and rocky headland at the western end of D'Urville Island in the archipelago of Joinville Islands off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyed the headland between 1959 and 1961. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1964 after David Harrison Turnbull (1921–1999), captain of RRS Shackleton for the survey from 1959 to 1969.
Web links
- Turnbull Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Turnbull Point on geographic.org (English)