Huitfeldt Point
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Huitfeldt Point is a point southeast of Vorweg Point
Vorweg Point
Vorweg Point is a point northwest of Huitfeldt Point on the southwest side of Barilari Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill, 1934-37. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for O...

 on the southwest side of Barilari Bay
Barilari Bay
Barilari Bay is a bay long and wide, between Cape Garcia and Loqui Point on the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Rear Admiral Atilio S. Barilari, Argentine Navy. It was re-charted by the British...

, on the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition
British Graham Land Expedition
A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...

 (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Fritz Huitfeldt
Fritz Huitfeldt
Fritz Huitfeldt is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Conservative Party.He holds the cand.jur. degree. He worked in the Foundation for Student Life in Oslo from 1975 to 1987, and in Oslo Bolig- og Sparelag from 1992. He was elected to Oslo city council following the 1979 local elections,...

, Norwegian pioneer ski exponent, author of one of the earliest skiing manuals, and designer of the Huitfeldt ski binding, for long the standard binding.
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