Allen Point () is the southeast point of Montagu Island, in the

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. Montagu Island was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under

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, but the point was first mapped by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1819–20. The point was surveyed in 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the ''Discovery II'' and named for H.T. Allen, a member of the Discovery Committee.

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* Headlands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands {{SouthGeorgia-geo-stub