Weiss Point

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Weiss Point
Geographical location
Weiss Point (South Shetland Islands)
Weiss Point
Coordinates 62 ° 5 ′  S , 58 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 62 ° 5 ′  S , 58 ° 26 ′  W
location King George Island ( South Shetland Islands )
Waters Mackellar Inlet

The Weiss Point ( English ; Polish Przylądek Weissa ) is a headland of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located west of Flagstaff Hill on the west side of the Keller Peninsula and protrudes into Mackellar Inlet .

Polish scientists named it in 1980. It is named after the seismologist Jozef Weiss, participant in a Polish Antarctic expedition that ran from 1979 to 1980.

literature

  • John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1683 (English)

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