Olivine Point
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Olivine Point is the southern end of the low-lying peninsula
which forms the east limit of Iceberg Bay
on the south coast of Coronation Island
, in the South Orkney Islands
. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948-49, and so named by them because the mineral olivine occurs in the igneous dikes intersecting the peninsula just north of the point.
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
which forms the east limit of Iceberg Bay
Iceberg Bay
Iceberg Bay is a bay 3 miles wide, which indents the south coast of Coronation Island between Cape Hansen and Olivine Point, in the South Orkney Islands. Named by Matthew Brisbane, who roughly charted the south coast of Coronation Island under the direction of James Weddell in 1823....
on the south coast of Coronation Island
Coronation Island
Coronation Island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands, long and from wide. The island extends in a general east-west direction, is mainly ice-covered and comprises numerous bays, glaciers and peaks, the highest rising to...
, in the South Orkney Islands
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They have a total area of about ....
. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948-49, and so named by them because the mineral olivine occurs in the igneous dikes intersecting the peninsula just north of the point.