Tijuca Point is a prominent rock point forming the northwest side of the entrance to Hound Bay

Hound Bay

Hound Bay is a bay, which is 2.5 miles wide at its mouth and recedes 3 miles , entered between Tijuca Point and Cape Vakop along the north coast of South Georgia. The names George Bay and Hundebugten have appeared on charts for this feature...

 on the north coast of South Georgia. The name Penguin Point

Penguin Point

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 was probably applied to this feature by DI

Discovery Investigations

The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918...

 personnel who made a running survey

Running survey

A running survey is a rough survey made by a vessel while coasting. Bearings to landmarks are taken at intervals as the vessel sails offshore, and are used to fix features on the coast and further inland...

 of this coast in 1930. Following the SGS, 1951–52, it was recommended that this name be altered to avoid confusion with the many other "Penguin" names. The name Tijuca Point was given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for the Tijuca, a three-masted barque built at Nantes in 1866. From 1908 onwards, she was used as a transport vessel by the Compania Argentina de Pesca, lying between Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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and the whaling station at Grytviken. She foundered in 1946.