Wild, Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Point Wild (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.
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E of Cape Belsham, Elephant Island, was roughly mapped by BITAE between 17 April and 30 August 1916 when a party of 22 men of the expedition wintered on the point following the loss of Endurance in the Weddell Sea (q.v.); named Cape Wild (Shackleton, 1919, p.223; BA, 1930, p.58; [in 61°02'S 54°59'W] APC, 1955, p.22; BA chart 3205, 15.iii.1957) or Point Wild (Shackleton, 1919, map p.145; USHO, 1956, p.7; [co-ordinates corrected] APC, 1960, p.8; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962; Burley, 1971c, photograph facing p.924; DOS 610 sheet W 6154 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972), after Cdr John Robert Francis ("Frank") Wild, RNVR (1874-1939), British Antarctic explorer; Able Seaman in Discovery, British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04 (Capt. R.F. Scott, RN); member of British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09 (Sir Ernest Shackleton), Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14 (Sir Douglas Mawson), BITAE (in command of wintering party in 1916); Second-in-Command (later Commander), Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 1921-22. Kaap Wild (Shackleton, [1921], end map). Cape Belsham (q.v.), in error (USAAF chart 1737, 1946). Cabo Wild (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.195; Pierrou, 1970, p.727; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.302). Mys Belshem, referring either to this feature or to Cape Belsham (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The point was surveyed by J
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