Nebles Point

Nebles Point is a point forming the west side of the entrance to Collins Harbor in the southwest part of King George Island, . On his chart of 1825, James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, applied the name Nebles Harbour to Collins Harbor, or possibly to an anchorage close north of ; the detail of this part of his map cannot be interpreted with certainty.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Profound Lake and Buddington Peak.

Lake
or Lake Profound is a lake 400 metres northwest of in northeast , . The feature was named "Ozero Glubokoye" by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition working from from 1968, but both forms of the name were already in use in Antarctica. is situated 3 km west of Nebles Point.

Peak
is a peak rising between Collins Harbor and in the southwest part of King George Island, in the . It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for James W. is situated 3½ km east of Nebles Point.

Protected area
The is a 7 km long peninsula that forms the south-western end of in the of . It was named from association with nearby by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960; the strait was likely named for Robert Fildes, a British sealer of the 1800s. is situated 3½ km northwest of Nebles Point.

Nebles Point

Latitude
-62.1856° or 62° 11′ 8″ south
Longitude
-58.85716° or 58° 51′ 26″ west
Open location code
3893R47V+Q4
Geo­Names ID
6622118
Wiki­data ID
Q581228
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Swedish—“Nebles Point” goes by many names.

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