Hammer Point is a rocky point projecting from the north coast of Robert Island

Robert Island (South Shetland Islands)

Robert Island or Mitchells Island or Polotsk Island or Roberts Island is an island long and wide, situated between Nelson Island and Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Robert Island is located at . Surface area...

 in the South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

, Antarctica 1 km north-northwestwards into Drake Passage

Drake Passage

The Drake Passage or Mar de Hoces—Sea of Hoces—is the body of water between the southern tip of South America at Cape Horn, Chile and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica...

, and forming the southwest side of the entrance to Nevestino Cove

Nevestino Cove

Nevestino Cove is the 1.55 km wide cove indenting for 1.5 km the north coast of Robert Island, South Shetland Islands between Catharina Point and Hammer Point. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the three settlements of Nevestino situated in southeastern, southern, and...

 and the northeast side of the entrance to Clothier Harbour

Clothier Harbour

Clothier Harbour is the 1.5 km wide bay indenting for 1 km the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica between Hammer Point on the northeast and Onogur Islands on the southwest...

. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers

Seal hunting

Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. The hunt is currently practiced in five countries: Canada, where most of the world's seal hunting takes place, Namibia, the Danish region of Greenland, Norway and Russia...

 operating from Clothier Harbour.

The feature is descriptively named from its shape.

Location

The point is located at 62°20′23.2"S 59°39′06.4"W which is 2.08 km southwest of Catharina Point

Catharina Point

Catharina Point, also Varoli Point, is a rocky point projecting 1.5 km northwards into Drake Passage to form the north extremity of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and the northeast side of the entrance to Nevestino Cove...

, 6.79 km west by north of Newell Point

Newell Point

Newell Point is the rocky point forming the northeast extremity of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and is a northwest entrance point of Nelson Strait....

, 5.17 km northeast of Fort William

Fort William (Robert Island)

Fort William Point is the conspicuous flat-topped rocky headland forming the northwest extremity of Coppermine Peninsula and Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

 and 2.24 km southeast of Heywood Island

Heywood Island

Heywood Island is the largest of the islands off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending , with a surface area of . The feature is ice-free, low and horseshoe-shaped, its west coast indented for 1 km by Vrabcha Cove...

(Chilean mapping in 1962 and 1971, British in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2009).

Map

• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4