- Damocles Point
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Damocles Point (69°39′S 69°21′W / 69.65°S 69.35°W) is a point on the east coast of Alexander Island, 3 nautical miles (6 km) east-southeast of the south summit of Mount Tyrrell. A small rock exposure near sea level is surmounted by a 60 m ice cliff. First photographed from the air in 1937 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and so named by them because the ice cliff overhanging the spot where geological specimens were collected seemed like the sword of Damocles.
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