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Mansfield Point (60°39′S 45°44′W / 60.65°S 45.733°W) is a point marking the east side of the entrance to Norway Bight on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Surveyed by DI personnel in 1933 and by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948-49. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Arthur W. Mansfield of the FIDS, meteorologist at Grytviken, South Georgia, in 1951; leader, meteorologist and biologist at Signy Island in 1952.
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