Fishtail Point

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Fishtail Point (

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78°57′S 162°36′E / 78.950°S 162.600°E / -78.950; 162.600Coordinates: 78°57′S 162°36′E / 78.950°S 162.600°E / -78.950; 162.600) is the southernmost point of Shults Peninsula, at the east side of the mouth of Skelton Glacier in Antarctica. It was surveyed and given this descriptive name in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58).[1]

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  1. ^ "Fishtail Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-24.

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