Minot Point
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Minot Point is a rock point midway along the west coast of Brabant Island
Brabant Island
Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago within the British Antarctic Territory, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. Brabant Island is located at . Brabant Island is long in a north-south direction, wide, and rises to in Mount Parry...

, in the 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 point lies 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of the summit of Mount Parry
Mount Parry
Mount Parry is a mountain which rises eastward of Minot Point and dominates the central portion of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The feature appears to have been named by Captain Henry Foster, Royal Navy, of the Chanticleer expedition in 1829 and since has gained international usage....

. Mapped from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys, Ltd., 1956-57. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after George R. Minot (1885–1950), American physician and co-winner of a Nobel prize for his work on liver therapy in pernicious anemia.
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