Homeward Point

Homeward Point (

64°51′S 63°37′W / 64.850°S 63.617°W / -64.850; -63.617Coordinates: 64°51′S 63°37′W / 64.850°S 63.617°W / -64.850; -63.617) is a point forming the west side of the entrance to Security Bay, on Doumer Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and so named by the in 1956–57 because the point was sighted as a prominent landmark almost daily by the crew of their motor-launch when homeward bond for Port Lockroy at the end of a day's survey work in the Bismarck Strait.^[1]

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