Morse Point is a point marking the east side of the entrance of Antarctic Bay

Antarctic Bay

Antarctic Bay is a bay wide which recedes southwest , entered between Antarctic Point and Morse Point on the north coast of South Georgia. It was probably first sighted by a British expedition under James Cook in 1775, and was explored in 1902 by members of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, under...

 on the north coast of South Georgia. The point appears roughly charted on maps dating back to about 1900. It was roughly surveyed 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 in the period 1925-31, and resurveyed by the SGS, 1951-52. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the British sealing vessel Morse, which was working in South Georgia in 1799-1800, probably the first British sealer to do so. She was based at Antarctic Bay when encountered by Edmund Fanning

Edmund Fanning

Edmund Fanning was an American explorer and sea captain, known as the "Pathfinder of the Pacific."-Life:...

, who published an account of the meeting.