Archibald Point

Archibald Point (63°12′S 56°40′W / 63.200°S 56.667°W / -63.200; -56.667Coordinates: 63°12′S 56°40′W / 63.200°S 56.667°W / -63.200; -56.667) is an exposed rocky headland on the southwest side of Bransfield Island in Antarctic Sound. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (1963) for George K. Archibald, first officer of RRS Shackleton, one of the British Antarctic Survey ships.

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