Garnerin Point is a point on the west coast of Graham Land

Graham Land

Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

 projecting into Wilhelmina Bay

Wilhelmina Bay

Wilhelmina Bay is a bay wide between the Reclus Peninsula and Cape Anna along the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Adrien de Gerlache, and named for Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands....

 southeast of Pelseneer Island

Pelseneer Island

Pelseneer Island is an island 2 nautical miles long and 1 nautical mile wide, with three prominent rocky peaks projecting through its icecap, lying 2 nautical miles northeast of O'Neal Point and 2 nautical miles west of Brooklyn Island in the south-central portion of Wilhelmina Bay, off the...

. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition

Belgian Antarctic Expedition

The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899, named after its expedition vessel Belgica, was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region.- Preparation and Surveying :...

 under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Andre J. Garnerin (1770–1825), French aeronaut, the first man to make a successful descent from a free balloon by parachute, in 1797.