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Holdfast Point

Holdfast Point

Point in Graham Land, Antarctica


Holdfast Point (66°48′S 66°36′W) is both the northeast side of the entrance to Lallemand Fjord and the northwest side of the entrance to Chepra Cove on Pernik Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, situated about 12 nautical miles (22 km) southwest of Cape Rey. It was mapped from air photos taken by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–57), and was so named because when the pack ice breaks out to the north of Lallemand Fjord, it usually continues to hold fast for some time longer south of this point.[1]

Location of Pernik Peninsula on Loubet Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

Maps

See also

  • Mist Rocks, a group of insular rocks close northwest of Holdfast Point

References

  1. "Holdfast Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-06-21.



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