Chinstrap Point

Chinstrap Point is the south-east point of Vindication Island, amongst the South Sandwich Islands.

The headland was named descriptively 'Rocky Point' by Discovery Investigations in 1930. Following a survey from HMS Protector in 1964, the point was renamed more distinctively as 'Chinstrap Point', after the local colony of chinstrap penguins (pygoscelis antarctica).

Location

• Location map: 57°7’32"S, 26°48’17"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Chinstrap Point