Wyandot Point

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Wyandot Point
Geographical location
Wyandot Point (Antarctica)
Wyandot Point
Coordinates 77 ° 23 ′  S , 168 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 77 ° 23 ′  S , 168 ° 4 ′  E
location Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica )
Waters Ross Sea

The Wyandot Point is a rocky headland on the north coast of the Antarctic Ross Island . It is 5 km west-southwest of Cape Tennyson .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2000 after the USCGC Wyandot , a cargo ship used in Antarctic waters between 1955 and 1972 .

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