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Harrison Point

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180: 113: 245: 221: 187: 93: 62:, South Georgia. This change allows Matthews' name to be retained for this feature, while the confusing duplication of names is avoided. 240: 214: 127: 84: 122: 79: 51: 179: 132: 89: 207: 141: 117: 50:, a British zoologist and member of the DI staff, 1924–35, who worked at South Georgia in 1924–27. In 1954, the 43: 21: 47: 39: 30:
is a point marked by a string of off-lying rocks, lying 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) west of
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recommended that this name be altered to Harrison Point to avoid duplication with
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs
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Cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Harrison Point, Barbados
Busen Point
Stromness Bay
South Georgia
Discovery Investigations
L. Harrison Matthews
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
Matthews Point
Undine Harbour
"Harrison Point"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
public domain material
"Harrison Point"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
54°10′S 36°36′W / 54.167°S 36.600°W / -54.167; -36.600
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