Wordie Point
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 43 ′ S , 27 ° 15 ′ W | |
| location | Visokoi Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
| Waters | South Atlantic | |
The Wordie Point is a headland in southwest Visokoi Iceland in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands . It is located 2.5 km south of Sulfur Point .
Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations surveyed in 1930 and named them after the British polar explorer and geologist James Wordie (1889-1962), participant in the endurance expedition (1914-1917) led by Ernest Shackleton .
Web links
- Wordie Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wordie Point on geographic.org (English)