Morrell Point

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Morrell Point' is the northernmost point on the west coast of Thule Island in the South Sandwich Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 for Benjamin Morrell, a sealer of Stonington, Connecticut, who visited the island in the Wasp in 1823.[1]

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  1. ^ "Morrell Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-11-08.

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Coordinates: 59°26′S 27°25′W / 59.433°S 27.417°W / -59.433; -27.417


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