West Point (Deception Island)
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 57 ′ S , 60 ° 45 ′ W | |
| location | Deception Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
The West Point forms, as indicated by the English name, the western branch of Deception Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands .
The British geologist Donald Durston Hawkes (* 1934) mapped it in 1961. Polish scientists named it in 1999.
Web links
- West Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)