Diver Point

Diver Point (54°0′S 38°3′W) is a point midway along the north shore of Bird Island, South Georgia. The name, by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, derives from the South Georgia diving petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) which nests nearby.[1]

References
  1. "Diver Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-21.

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