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Chinstrap Point

Coordinates: 57°7′S 26°46′W / 57.117°S 26.767°W / -57.117; -26.767
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Chinstrap Point is the southeast point of Vindication Island, South Sandwich Islands. This feature was named Rocky Point during a survey of the island from RRS Discovery II in 1930, but the name was changed to avoid duplication. The new name applied by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 refers to the enormous colony of chinstrap penguins on the point.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Chinstrap Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

57°7′S 26°46′W / 57.117°S 26.767°W / -57.117; -26.767


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