Mathias Point

Mathias Point is a headland on the east coast of Montagu Island, in the South Sandwich Islands. It is found on the siouthern part of the coast about 1.5 nautical miles north of Allen Point, the island's southern headland, and north-east of Mount Oceanite.

Montagu Island's east coast runs almost as a straight line in a north to south direction, but on this coast Mathias Point juts out to form the easternmost point of the island; just 25 seconds of arc further east than Leeson Point at the north end of the coastline. It is in consequence the easternmost point of the whole territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Name

The point was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Lieutenant W. A. Mathias of the Royal Navy, a pilot in the flight aboard HMS Protector, during the survey of the South Sandwich Islands in 1964.

Location

• Location map: 58°29’24"S, 26°16’3"W