Trisha Shetty (Editor)

Edwards Point

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Local time
  
Tuesday 10:50 AM

Edwards Point

Weather
  
12°C, Wind S at 16 km/h, 80% Humidity

Edwards Point is a rocky point in the south extremity of Kermen Peninsula and Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point is a southeast entrance point of English Strait and forms the west side of the entrance to Devesil Bight and the southeast side of the entrance to Micalvi Cove. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

Contents

Map of Edwards Point, Tennessee 37377, USA

The feature is named after Victor Edwards, a draughtsman in the British Admiralty Hydrographic Office during the 1930s.

Location

The point is located at 62°27′46″S 59°29′57″W which is 5.04 km northeast of Santa Cruz Point, Greenwich Island, 4.57 km southeast of Beron Point, and 6.14 km west-southwest of Robert Point (British mapping in 1935 and 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

  • L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

    • References

    Edwards Point Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA