Harker Point

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Coordinates: 59°04′S 026°31′W / 59.067°S 26.517°W / -59.067; -26.517

Harker Point forms the southernmost end of Bristol Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Although the island was discovered by a British expedition under James Cook in 1775, Harker Point was unnamed until it was surveyed in 1930 by a team on the staff of the Discovery Committee.[1]

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Cited references

  1. United States Geological Survey (2002). "Feature Name: Harker". United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 10, 2007.


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