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Havilland Point

Coordinates: 63°55′S 60°14′W / 63.917°S 60.233°W / -63.917; -60.233
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Havilland Point (63°55′S 60°14′W / 63.917°S 60.233°W / -63.917; -60.233) is a point 2 nautical miles (4 km) east of Cape Page on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1955–57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, an English pioneer aircraft designer.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Havilland Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-31.

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