Jade Point

Jade Point (

63°36′S 57°35′W / 63.600°S 57.583°W / -63.600; -57.583Coordinates: 63°36′S 57°35′W / 63.600°S 57.583°W / -63.600; -57.583) is a gently sloping rocky point forming the southern limit of Eyrie Bay and the east extremity of Yatrus Promontory, Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica. It was named descriptively by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, as the lower slopes of the point are permanently sheathed in greenish-tinged ice, jade being a name for some types of green stone.^[1]

Map[]

• Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

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