Portal Point
Cape Reclus Refuge | |
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Refuge | |
Cape Reclus Refuge Location of Cape Reclus in Antarctic Peninsula | |
Coordinates: 64°30′00″S 61°46′00″W / 64.5°S 61.766667°W | |
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Location in Antarctica |
Cape Reclus Portal Point Antarctica |
Administered by | British Antarctic Survey |
Established | 1956 |
Demolished | 1958 |
Type | Seasonal |
Status | Dismantled |
Portal Point (64°30′S 61°46′W / 64.500°S 61.767°WCoordinates: 64°30′S 61°46′W / 64.500°S 61.767°W) is a narrow point in the northeast part of Reclus Peninsula, on the west coast of Graham Land. In 1956, a Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) hut was established on the point, from which a route to the plateau was established. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 because the point is the "gateway" of the route.
Cape Reclus Refuge
Cape Reclus Refuge (64°30′00″S 61°46′00″W / 64.5°S 61.766667°W) is a British refuge, managed by the British Antarctic Survey, located at Portal Point on the Reclus Peninsula. The hut was inaugurated on December 13, 1956 and remained active until April 25,1958. A four men team, led by Wally Herbert completed the first traverse from Hope Bay to Cape Reclus in 1957, they wintered in the refuge and carried out local survey. The refuge was dismantled in March 1996 and transported to the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust where was rebuilt inside the new Museum in 2014.[1]
See also
Refrerences
- ↑ "History of Cape Reclus refuge". British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Portal Point" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).