Lockley Point

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Lockley Point ( 64°47′S63°23′W / 64.783°S 63.383°W / -64.783; -63.383 Coordinates: 64°47′S63°23′W / 64.783°S 63.383°W / -64.783; -63.383 ) is a low, ice-covered point lying 1 nautical mile (2 km) northeast of Noble Peak on the northwest side of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache in 1898. The point was resighted and charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1944, and named for Lieutenant J.G. Lockley, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, base leader, biologist, and meteorologist at Port Lockroy in 1945. [1]

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Noble Peak is a peak in the Comer Range, 720 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southwest of Lockley Point and marking the northeast end of a prominent ridge on the northwest side of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache. The name appears on a chart based on a 1927 survey by DI personnel on the Discovery, but may reflect on earlier naming.

Wiencke Island Antarctic island

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