Maurstad Point
Maurstad Point (65°39′S 66°5′W / 65.650°S 66.083°W) is a point lying 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) north-northeast of Speerschneider Point, midway along the west side of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. It was first accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. The point was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Alf Maurstad, author of Atlas of Sea Ice, 1935.[1]
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This article incorporates public domain material from "Maurstad Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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