Inott Point

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Inott Point (62°31′S, 60°0′W) is a point 1 mile (1.6 km) north-northeast of Edinburgh Hill on the east coast of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. In association with the names of nineteenth century sealers in this area, named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Captain Robert Inott, Master of the American sealing ship Samuel (Samuel Peak, q.v.) from Nantucket, who visited the South Shetland Islands, 1820-21.

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