Jurva Point
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Jurva Point is the extremity of a small peninsula
forming the southeast end of Renaud Island
, in the Biscoe Islands
. First accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Risto Jurva, Finnish oceanographer and pioneer in sea ice studies.
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
forming the southeast end of Renaud Island
Renaud Island
Renaud Island is an ice-covered island, long and from wide, lying between the Pitt Islands and Rabot Island in the Biscoe Islands.- Discovery :...
, in the Biscoe Islands
Biscoe Islands
Biscoe Islands is a series of islands, of which the principal ones are Renaud, Rabot, Lavoisier and Watkins, lying parallel to the W coast of Graham Land and extending some in a NE–SW direction...
. First accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Risto Jurva, Finnish oceanographer and pioneer in sea ice studies.