South East Point, Deception Island
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South East Point is a headland a mile to the east of Fildes Point, marking the south-eastern point of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of the British Antarctic Territory.
The point was known the the early sealers in the islands and was charted by a Royal Navy expedition in 1828–31, under Henry Foster. The point was re-charted by a Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit from John Biscoe surveying the island – a survey commanded by Lieutenant Commander D.N. Penfold of the Royal Navy in 1948–49 – and was named descriptively.
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
The point forms part of an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 140), comprising several separate sites on Deception Island, and designated as such primarily for its botanic and ecological values.[1]
Location
- Location map: 62°59’15"S, 60°30’56"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.
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: South East Point, Deception Island