Saint Rita Point
# Saint Rita Point

Saint Rita Point (64°15′S 57°16′W﻿ / ﻿64.250°S 57.267°W﻿ / -64.250; -57.267) is a point terminating in a steep rock outcrop immediately north of the mouth of Gourdon Glacier, on the east coast of James Ross Island. The name "Cabo Santa Rita" appears on a 1959 Argentine map. Saint Rita (1381–1457), an Italian, was canonized in 1900 and is well known throughout the Spanish-speaking world as the saint of desperate causes.

This article incorporates public domain material from "Saint Rita Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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