Robert Point
Encyclopedia
Robert Point is a rocky point at the end of a small peninsula projecting 2.7 km into Bransfield Strait
from the southeast coast of Robert Island
in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica to form the east side of the entrance to Devesil Bight
.
The feature, which probably was known to the 19th century sealers
, takes its name from the island.
, 2.44 km south-southwest of Sadala Point
, 5.45 km south-southwest of Batuliya Point
and 7.25 km south by west of Kitchen Point
(British mapping in 1935 and 1968, and Bulgarian in 2009).
Bransfield Strait
Bransfield Strait is a body of water about wide extending for in a general northeast-southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. It was named in about 1825 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, for Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, who charted the South Shetland...
from the southeast coast of Robert Island
Robert Island (South Shetland Islands)
Robert Island or Mitchells Island or Polotsk Island or Roberts Island is an island long and wide, situated between Nelson Island and Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Robert Island is located at . Surface area...
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...
, Antarctica to form the east side of the entrance to Devesil Bight
Devesil Bight
Devesil Bight is the 5.8 km wide embayment indenting for 2.2 km the southeast coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica between Kermen Peninsula and the 2.7 km peninsula ending up in Robert Point. Entered between Edwards Point and Robert Point...
.
The feature, which probably was known to the 19th century sealers
Seal hunting
Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. The hunt is currently practiced in five countries: Canada, where most of the world's seal hunting takes place, Namibia, the Danish region of Greenland, Norway and Russia...
, takes its name from the island.
Location
The point is located at 62°27′00"S 59°22′58.8"W which is 6.14 km east-northeast of Edwards PointEdwards Point
Edwards Point is a rocky point in the south extremity of Kermen Peninsula and Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point is a southeast entrance point of English Strait and forms the west side of the entrance to Devesil Bight and the southeast side of the entrance to...
, 2.44 km south-southwest of Sadala Point
Sadala Point
Sadala Point is a point on the southeast coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 500 m into Bransfield Strait...
, 5.45 km south-southwest of Batuliya Point
Batuliya Point
Batuliya Point is an ice-free tipped point forming the east extremity of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point, projecting 550 m into Bransfield Strait, is situated 5.4 km northeast of the southeast extremity of Robert Point, 3 km north-northeast of Sadala...
and 7.25 km south by west of Kitchen Point
Kitchen Point
Kitchen Point is a rocky point at the end of a narrow promontory projecting 1.2 km into Bransfield Strait from the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica to form the southeast side of the entrance to Kozloduy Cove....
(British mapping in 1935 and 1968, and Bulgarian in 2009).
Map
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4