Foyn Point is a point, surmounted by a peak

Summit (topography)

In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

 525 m high, marking the north side of the entrance to Exasperation Inlet

Exasperation Inlet

Exasperation Inlet is a large ice-filled inlet, 16 miles wide at its entrance between Foyn Point and Cape Disappointment, on the east coast of Graham Land. Charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , who so named it because the disturbed nature of the ice in the vicinity caused...

, on the east coast of Graham Land

Graham Land

Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

. Sir Hubert Wilkins

Hubert Wilkins

Sir Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer.-Early life:...

 on a flight of December 20, 1928 photographed what appeared to be an island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

 off the east coast, later charting it in 6630S, 6230W. Subsequent comparison of Wilkins' photographs of this feature with those taken by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who charted the coast in 1947, indicate that this point, although considerably north of the position reported by Wilkins, is the feature named by him Foyn Island

Foyn Island

Foyn Island is the second largest island in the Possession Islands, East Antarctica, lying 4 miles southwest of Possession Island. The island was explored by a Norwegian expedition of 1894-95 led by Henrik Johan Bull. The island was named for Svend Foyn, primary sponsor of the expedition. An...

. The name Foyn Point is given to the southeast extremity of this feature. Named for Svend Foyn

Svend Foyn

Svend Foyn was a Norwegian whaling and shipping magnate who pioneered revolutionary methods for hunting and processing whales. Svend Foyn introduced the modern harpoon gun and brought whaling into a modern age....

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