Gam Point is a rocky point 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of False Round Point

False Round Point

False Round Point is a point 8.5 nautical miles west of North Foreland and 2 nautical miles south of Ridley Island, on the north coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. This point has appeared on charts since about 1822...

 on the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

. The point is one of the features named Pyritic or Esther Islands by Scottish geologist David Ferguson

David Ferguson

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 in 1913-14. Although Ferguson represented the point as a rocky island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

 separated from the ice cliff of King George Island by a channel 400 ft wide, air photos show that there is no channel. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960. The word "gam" is an old sealers' and whalers' term for the occasions when groups of men from several vessels met in one of them for a gossip. Nearby Esther Harbor

Esther Harbor

Esther Harbour is a small harbour at the west side of Venus Bay, lying immediately west of Pyrites Island and south of Gam Point, on the north coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. The harbour was known to both American and British sealers as early as 1821. The sealing vessel...

was an anchorage frequently used by sealers.