Aspasia Point
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Aspasia Point () is a headland on the south/west coast of the island of South Georgia. It is a steep rocky point forming the west extremity of Fanning Ridge, lying 10 miles (16 km) east-southeast of Cape Nuñez on the south coast of South Georgia. The feature was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) following mapping by the SGS in 1951-52. The name derives from association with Fanning Ridge. The American armed corvette Aspasia under Captain Edmund Fanning took 57, 000 fur seals at South Georgia in 1800-01.
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