Minstrel Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Minstrel Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
between Cape Lindsey and Cape Yelcho, NW Elephant Island, following survey by JSEEI in January 1971, was named after the brig Minstrel (Capt. Christopher MacGregor), from London, which visited the South Shetland Islands, 1820-21, and anchored NE of the point (Minstrel Bay, q.v.) (Burley, 1971a, map inside front cover; DOS 610 sheet W 61 54 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972; APC, 1974, p.5). Punta Minstrel (Argentina. MM chart H-710, 1977).
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