Hardy Point
Hardy Point (59°25′S 27°4′W / 59.417°S 27.067°WCoordinates: 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 , a member of the zoological staff of the Discovery Committee, 1924–28, and professor of zoology at University College Hull.[1][2]
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- ^ "Hardy Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
- ^ Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 312. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
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