Newell Point is the rocky point forming the northeast extremity 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 and is a northwest entrance point of Nelson Strait

Nelson Strait

Nelson Strait is the 9 km long and 9.8 km wide strait lying between Robert Island and Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The strait was explored by early 19th century sealers and first charted by Nathaniel Palmer in 1821...

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The feature originally charted and named 'Newell Point' by Discovery Investigations

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 1935 was probably the north extremity of the nearby Tatul Island

Tatul Island

Tatul Island is a triangular ice-free island off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending , the island emerged as a distinct geographical entity following the retreat of Robert Island's ice cap in the late 20th and early 21st century.The feature is...

, the latter only becoming detached from Robert Island as a result of glacier retreat in the late 20th and early 21st century.

Location

The point is located at 62°20′13.5"S 59°31′14"W which is 5.27 km east-southeast 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...

, 2.7 km east of Lavrenov Point

Lavrenov Point

Lavrenov Point is a point on the north coast of Robert Island, South Shetland Islands forming the east side of the entrance to Yundola Cove. Situated 2.7 km west of Newell Point and 2.6 km southeast of Catharina Point. Bulgarian early mapping in 2008. Named after the Bulgarian painter...

, 950 m east-southeast of Tatul Island

Tatul Island

Tatul Island is a triangular ice-free island off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending , the island emerged as a distinct geographical entity following the retreat of Robert Island's ice cap in the late 20th and early 21st century.The feature is...

, 1.07 km south-southeast of Lientur Rocks

Lientur Rocks

Lientur Rocks is a group of prominent adjacent rocks lying off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and exteding in east-west direction and in north-south direction...

, 3.85 km southwest of Liberty Rocks

Liberty Rocks

Liberty Rocks is a group of four prominent adjacent rocks lying at the north entrance to Nelson Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and exteding...

, 14.8 km west-southwest of Harmony Point

Harmony Point

Harmony Point is a point which lies close west of Harmony Cove and forms the west extremity of Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted in 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II. Named from association with Harmony Cove.-References:* ....

, Nelson Island

Nelson Island (South Shetland Islands)

Nelson Island is an island long and wide, lying southwest of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Nelson Island is located at...

, 10.67 km northwest of Kitchen Point

Kitchen Point

Kitchen Point is a rocky point at the end of a narrow promontory projecting 1.2 km into Bransfield Strait from the east coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica to form the southeast side of the entrance to Kozloduy Cove....

, 8.11 km northwest of Smirnenski Point

Smirnenski Point

Smirnenski Point is a narrow, ice-free point on the east coast of Robert Island projecting 1.1 km into Nelson Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 1.2 km northwest of Perelik Point, 4.4 km north-northwest of Batuliya Point, 1.42 km east of Treklyano...

 and 4.22 km northwest of Ugarchin Point

Ugarchin Point

Ugarchin Point is a point on the northeast coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 300 m into Nelson Strait. Named after the town of Ugarchin in northern Bulgaria.-Location:...

. Bulgarian mapping 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