Amphibolite Point
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Amphibolite Point is a conspicuous, pyramidal point
1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Saunders Point
on the south coast of Coronation Island
, in the South Orkney Islands
. Named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey following their survey of 1948–49. There is a large amount of amphibolite
on this point.
Headland
A headland is a point of land, usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends out into a body of water.Headland can also refer to:*Headlands and bays*headLand, an Australian television series...
1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Saunders Point
Saunders Point
Saunders Point is the southern extremity of the small island lying between Amphibolite Point and Tophet Bastion, off the south coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. Charted by DI personnel from the Discovery II in 1933. Named for A. Saunders who was aboard Discovery II and...
on the south coast of Coronation Island
Coronation Island
Coronation Island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands, long and from wide. The island extends in a general east-west direction, is mainly ice-covered and comprises numerous bays, glaciers and peaks, the highest rising to...
, in the South Orkney Islands
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They have a total area of about ....
. Named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey following their survey of 1948–49. There is a large amount of amphibolite
Amphibolite
Amphibolite is the name given to a rock consisting mainly of hornblende amphibole, the use of the term being restricted, however, to metamorphic rocks. The modern terminology for a holocrystalline plutonic igneous rocks composed primarily of hornblende amphibole is a hornblendite, which are...
on this point.