Helm Point is a point which marks the southeast tip of Honeycomb Ridge

Honeycomb Ridge

Honeycomb Ridge is a ridge which extends north from the mouth of Ironside Glacier on the west side of Moubray Bay. So named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1957–58, because it consists mainly of a granitic rock which in many places is honeycombed on exposed surfaces by...

 on the west side of Moubray Bay

Moubray Bay

Moubray Bay is a bay in western Ross Sea, indenting the coast of Victoria Land between Cape Roget and Hallett. Discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross and named by him for George H. Moubray, clerk in charge of the expedition ship Terror....

. It consists of brown granodiorite and supports a relatively luxuriant vegetation of lichens and mosses, along with nests of snow petrels and Wilson's petrel. Two Japanese whale-chasers, apparently familiar with the site, dropped anchor there for two nights early in February 1958. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition

New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition

The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...

 (NZGSAE), 1957–58, for Arthur S. Helm, Secretary, Ross Sea Committee, who gave much assistance to the expedition. Helm was Secretary of the New Zealand Antarctic Place Names Committee, 1957-64.