Rethval Point

Rethval Point (60°44′S 45°36′W) is an ice-free point forming the south side of the entrance to Paal Harbour on the east side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel, and resurveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in1954 for the Rethval Whaling Co. of Oslo, the first company to start whaling in the South Orkney Islands in 1911-12.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Rethval Point" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).