Chinstrap Point
Chinstrap Point is the southeast point of Vindication Island, South Sandwich Islands. This feature was named Rocky Point during a survey of the island from RRS Discovery II in 1930, but the name was changed to avoid duplication. The new name applied by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 refers to the enormous colony of chinstrap penguins on the point.
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- This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Chinstrap Point". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
Coordinates: 57°7′S 26°46′W / 57.117°S 26.767°W
Categories:
- Headlands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs