Mothes Point

Mothes Point (67°14′S 67°52′W / 67.233°S 67.867°W / -67.233; -67.867Coordinates: 67°14′S 67°52′W / 67.233°S 67.867°W / -67.233; -67.867) is a point 7 nautical miles (13 km) southwest of The Gullet on the east side of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947–48, and the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956–57. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for German glaciologist Hans Mothes who, with B. Brockhamp, in 1926 made the first seismic soundings of a glacier, in Austria.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mothes Point" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).