Windward Point
| Windward Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 2 ′ S , 72 ° 35 ′ E | |
| location | McDonald Island ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Williams Bay | |
| height | 20 m | |
The Windward Point ( English for windward tip ) is a rocky, eroded and wind-exposed headland on the west coast of McDonald Island in the southern Indian Ocean . It is between The Needles and Cauldron Bay .
Scientists from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions set up a surveying station here in March 1980 and gave the headland its descriptive name.
Web links
- Windward Point in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)