Maurstad Point [SEP] continent
Maurstad Point
Maurstad Point () is a point lying north-northeast of Speerschneider Point, midway along the west side of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. It was first accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. The point was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Alf Maurstad, author of "Atlas of Sea Ice", 1935.
Palosuo Islands
Palosuo Islands is a group of small islands and rocks lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) north of Maurstad Point, off the west side of Renaud Island in the Biscoe Islands. First accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Erkki Palosuo, Finnish oceanographer who has specialized in sea ice studies.
See also.
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands