Gallows Point
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Gallows Point is the northernmost of two low, parallel points which mark the extremity of Gamma Island
in the Melchior Islands
, Palmer Archipelago
. The name was probably given by DI
personnel who roughly surveyed the point in 1927. The point was resurveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948.
Gamma Island
Gamma Island is an island, 1 nautical mile long, which marks the southwest extremity of the Melchior Islands in the Palmer Archipelago. This island was first roughly charted and named "Ile Gouts" by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903–05, but that name has not survived in usage...
in the Melchior Islands
Melchior Islands
Melchior Islands is a group of many low, ice-covered islands lying near the center of Dallmann Bay in the Palmer Archipelago. First seen but left unnamed by a German expedition under Eduard Dallmann, 1873-74. Resighted and roughly charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste...
, Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....
. The name was probably given by DI
Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918...
personnel who roughly surveyed the point in 1927. The point was resurveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948.