Sadler Point

Sadler Point (64°42′S 62°4′W / 64.700°S 62.067°W / -64.700; -62.067Coordinates: 64°42′S 62°4′W / 64.700°S 62.067°W / -64.700; -62.067) is a point within Wilhelmina Bay, lying 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Garnerin Point on the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 after James Sadler (1751–1828), Oxford confectioner, the first English aeronaut, who ascended in a montgolfier balloon on October 4, 1784.

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