Madell Point
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Madell Point is a point 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Cape Rey
Cape Rey
Cape Rey is a dark rocky cape between the southwest side of Darbel Bay and the northeast side of Lallemand Fjord, on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot, and named by him for Lieutenant Joseph J. Rey, French Navy, meteorologist of...

 on the northwest coast of Pernik Peninsula
Pernik Peninsula
Pernik Peninsula is the ice-covered peninsula projecting 40 km in northwest direction from Loubet Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula...

, Loubet Coast in 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...

. Mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956–57). Named for James S. Madell, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) surveyor at Detaille Island
Detaille Island
Detaille Island is a small island off the Northern end of Arrowsmith Peninsula in Antarctica. From 1956 to 1959 it was home to "Station W" of the British Antarctic Survey. It is now visited with some frequency by Antarctic cruise ships.- See also :...

in 1957, who was responsible for the triangulation of this area.
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