Point Alden [SEP] continent
Point Alden
Point Alden in Antarctica is an ice-covered point with rock exposures along the seaward side. The point marks the western side of the entrance to Commonwealth Bay and the division between Adélie Coast and George V Coast in Antarctica. The point was discovered on January 30, 1840 by the USEE under Lt. Charles Wilkes, and named by him for Lt. James Alden of the expedition's flagship "Vincennes".
record temperature was found by scientists sifting through decades of climate data taken by Earth-orbiting satellites. However, the previous record was at Vostok (Russian administered station) on 21 July 1983 and it is to this day more widely known.
- The highest non-cyclonic winds ever recorded on the Continent were at Commonwealth Bay (), which is about wide and located at the entrance between Point Alden and Cape Gray. Winds regularly exceed 200 km/h here. The fastest wind ever recorded was in the