Morrell Point' is the northernmost point on the west coast of Thule Island in the South Sandwich Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 for Benjamin Morrell, a sealer of Stonington, Connecticut, who visited the island in the Wasp in 1823.[1]
References
- ↑ "Morrell Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
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59°26′S 27°25′W / 59.433°S 27.417°W
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