Waterboat Point

Waterboat Point is a headland at the north end of Paradise Harbour, on the Danco Coast of Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory. The point is formed by a small island joined to the mainland by a spit at low tide.

The point was roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in February 1898 and surveyed by the British Antarctic Expedition of 1920-22, when a two-man party occupied the point from 12 January 1921 to 13 January 1922, living in an old water boat left stranded by the whaling factory ship Neko about eight years before. It was accordingly named Water Boat Point. The feature was further surveyed by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1950-51 and Chilean station was established on the site in January 1951, called 'González Videla' or 'Base Presidente González Videla': since 1964 the Chilean station has been only seasonally occupied. The point was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition of 1956-57.

Location

• Location map: 64°49’25"S, 62°51’29"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Waterboat Point