Wennersgaard Point

Location of Davis Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

Wennersgaard Point (63°50′44.3″S 59°56′16″W / 63.845639°S 59.93778°W / -63.845639; -59.93778Coordinates: 63°50′44.3″S 59°56′16″W / 63.845639°S 59.93778°W / -63.845639; -59.93778) is a point forming both the east side of the entrance to Lanchester Bay and the southwest side of the entrance to Jordanoff Bay on Davis Coast, the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctica. First charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition in Nov.-Dec. 1902 and named after Ole C. Wennersgaard, a seaman of the expedition who died while wintering on Paulet Island in 1903.

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