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Teie Point

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Teie Point (54°16′S 36°38′W) is a point separating Mercer and Harpon Bays at the head of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. First mapped by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Nordenskjold. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for the sailing vessel Teie, owned by Tonsberg Hvalfangeri, Husvik Harbor.

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

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Teie Point Wikipedia