Glass Point () is a point southwest of
False Round Point
False Round Point is a point west of North Foreland and south of Ridley Island, on the north coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The point has appeared on charts since about 1822. It was probably named for ...
on the north coast of
King George Island,
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...
. It was named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
in 1960 for
R.H. Glass, Master of the ''Francis Allyn'' from
New London, Connecticut
New London is a seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States, located at the mouth of the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut. It was one of the world's three busiest whaling ports for several decades ...
, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1873–75 and 1877–79. In 1877–78 he rescued from
Potter Cove
Potter Cove is a cove indenting the south-west side of King George Island to the east of Barton Peninsula, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. An extinct volcano named Three Brothers Hill is located on its east side.
Potter Cove was know ...
the sole survivor of the sealing crew from the ''Florence''.
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References
Headlands of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
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