Weaver Point
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 31 ′ S , 65 ° 45 ′ W | |
| location | Renaud Island , Biscoe Islands | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
The Weaver Point is a headland at the northern end of Renaud Island in the archipelago of Biscoe Islands off the west coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is 3.5 km west of Tula Point
It is first recorded on an Argentine map from 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the US geographer John Carrier Weaver (1915-1995), author of the 1946 Ice Atlas of the Northern Hemisphere .
Web links
- Point Weaver in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Weaver Point on geographic.org (English)