Collins Point
Collins Point is a small but prominent interior headland of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of the British Antarctic Territory. It is found to the west of Neptune's Bellows (the narrow passage from the open sea to the interior of the island) and a mile west-south-west of Fildes Point, on the south side of Port Foster, the island's sheltered water.
The headland was charted by a British expedition under Henry Foster, 1828–31. It was recharted by a Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1948-49 under Lieutenant Commander D.N. Penfold, and named by Foster after Captain (later Rear-Admiral) Kenneth St B. Collins of the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty.
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
The site forms part of an 'Antarctic Specially Protected Area' (ASPA No. 140), comprising several separate sites on Deception Island, and designated as such primarily for its botanic and ecological values.[1]
Location
- Location map: 62°59’44"S, 60°35’10"W
References
- ↑ "Parts of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands". Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 140: Measure 3, Appendix 1. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2005. http://www.ats.aq/documents/recatt/Att242_e.pdf. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Collins Point
