Gneiss Point
Gneiss Point ({{coord|77|24|S|163|45|E|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}) is a rocky point {{convert|2|nmi|km|0}} north of Marble Point, on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was first mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13 under Robert Falcon Scott and so named because of gneissic granite found here.
Further reading
- P.J. FORSYTH, N. MORTIMER & I.M. TURNBULL, [http://www.mna.unisi.it/Editoria/TAP/TA_pdfs/Volume_09/TA_09_057_Forsyth.pdf Plutonic Rocks from the Cape Roberts Hinterland: Wilson Piedmont Glacier, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210152650/http://www.mna.unisi.it/Editoria/TAP/TA_pdfs/Volume_09/TA_09_057_Forsyth.pdf |date=2019-02-10 }}, Terra Antartica 2002, 9(2), 57–72
- Davis, J., & Nichols, R. (1968), [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/quantity-of-melt-water-in-the-marble-pointgneiss-point-area-mcmurdo-sound-antarctica/FF8BD8EDD022B91AEEA0F0696DC31E4F/core-reader The Quantity of Melt Water in the Marble Point–Gneiss Point Area McMurdo Sound, Antarctica], Journal of Glaciology, 7(50), 313–320. doi:10.3189/S0022143000031075
External links
- [https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:5770 Gneiss Point] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613055221/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:0::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:5770 |date=2020-06-13 }} on United States Geological Survey website
- [https://www.adam.antarcticanz.govt.nz/nodes/view/20857 Gneiss Point] on the Antarctica New Zealand Digital Asset Manager website
- [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/search_names_action.cfm?search_text=5427&feature_type_code=0&country_id=0&relic_options=include_relics&north=-45.0&south=-90.0&west=-180.0&east=180.0&search_near=&radius=0.5&gazetteers=SCAR Gneiss Point] on Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research website
- [http://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=14167 Gneiss Point] on marineregions website
- [https://mapcarta.com/25613582 Gneiss Point area map]
References
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Category:Headlands of Victoria Land
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