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Mothes Point (67°14′S 67°52′W / 67.233°S 67.867°W) is a point 7 nautical miles (13 km) southwest of The Gullet on the east side of Adelaide Island. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from air photos taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, and Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1956-57. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Hans Mothes, German glaciologist who, with B. Brockhamp, made the first seismic soundings of a glacier, in Austria in 1926.
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