Stoneley Point
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Stoneley Point is a rocky point on the northwest coast of James Ross Island
, 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Brandy Bay
. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Robert Stoneley, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) geologist at Hope Bay
in 1952.
James Ross Island
James Ross Island is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Prince Gustav Channel. Rising to , it is irregularly shaped and extends in a north-south direction. It was charted in October 1903 by the Swedish...
, 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Brandy Bay
Brandy Bay
Brandy Bay is a bay wide on the northwest coast of James Ross Island, entered west of Bibby Point. It was probably first seen by Otto Nordenskiöld in 1903, and was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1945...
. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Robert Stoneley, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) geologist at Hope Bay
Hope Bay
Hope Bay on Trinity Peninsula, is long and wide, indenting the tip of Antarctic Peninsula and opening on Antarctic Sound....
in 1952.