Hardy Point (59°25′S 27°4′W / 59.417°S 27.067°W) is the western point of Bellingshausen Island in the South Sandwich Islands. It was charted in 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II, who named it for Alister C. Hardy, a member of the zoological staff of the Discovery Committee, 1924–28, and professor of zoology at University College Hull.[1][2]
References
- ^ "Hardy Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 312. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
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