Werenskiold bastion

	Werenskiold bastion
	Geographical location
Coordinates	67 ° 26 ′ S , 65 ° 31 ′ W Coordinates: 67 ° 26 ′ S , 65 ° 31 ′ W
location	Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula
coast	Bowman coast
Waters	Whirlwind Inlet
height	1 250 m

The Werenskiold Bastion is a massive and up to 1250 m high headland on the Bowman Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located on the west bank of Whirlwind Inlet between the mouths of the Demorest and Matthes glaciers .

Aerial photographs were taken during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941), the US Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) and during overflights by the United States Navy in 1968. Scientists from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped the headland between 1947 and 1948. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1974 after the Norwegian cartographer Werner Werenskiold (1883–1961), who had dealt with the flow properties of glaciers , among other things .

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