Fothergill Point

Location of Nordenskjöld Coast.

Fothergill Point is a low rocky coastal point 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Cape Worsley, forming the west side of the entrance to Mundraga Bay and the northeast side of the entrance to Odrin Bay on the Nordenskjöld Coast, on the east side of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Ian L. Fothergill, leader and meteorological assistant at the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey station at Hope Bay, 1959–63.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Fothergill Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-02.

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

Coordinates: 64°35′S 60°12′W / 64.583°S 60.200°W / -64.583; -60.200


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