Harker Point

Harker Point

Harker Point forms the southernmost end of Bristol Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Although the island was discovered by a British expedition under James Cook in 1775, Harker Point was unnamed until it was surveyed in 1930 by a team on the staff of the Discovery Committee.United States Geological Survey (2002). [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnisarchive/webant.antquery?fname=Harker&variant=no&ftype=&elev1=&elev2=&descr=&ndeg=&nmin=&wdeg=&wmin=&wdir=W&edeg=&emin=&edir=W&sdeg=&smin=&tab=y "Feature Name: Harker"] . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 10, 2007.]

ee also

*History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

External links

* [http://encarta.msn.com/map_701560146/Harker_Point.html Map of Harker Point] , showing Harker Point as the eastern point of Bristol Island.

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