Suffield Point
Suffield Point is the south-west entrance point of Norma Cove on the Fildes Peninsula of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands in the British Antarctic Territory.
The headland was charted in the course of a survey by Discovery Investigations in 1933–35, and named after boatswain William E. Suffield serving aboard Discovery II and who took part in the survey of the South Orkney Islands in January 1933.
The point was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1957-59.
The site is part of the 'Fildes Peninsula Antarctic Specially Protected Area' (ASPA No. 125), designated as such because of its paleontological values.[1]
Location
- Location map: 62°11’38"S, 58°55’9"W
References
- ↑ "Fildes Peninsula, King George Island". Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 125: Measure 6, Annex. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2009. http://www.ats.aq/documents/recatt/Att424_e.pdf.
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Suffield Point