Matthews Point () is a point forming the west side of the entrance to
Undine Harbour
''You may be looking for Undine South Harbour near Ducloz Head, South Georgia''
Undine Harbour is a small bay at the head of the embayment between Cape Paryadin and Cape Chaplin on the south coast of South Georgia. This feature (with Johan Ha ...
, along the south coast and near the west end of
South Georgia
South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east†...
. It was charted between 1926 and 1930 by
Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, wh ...
(DI) personnel and named for British zoologist
L. Harrison Matthews
Leonard Harrison Matthews FRS (12 June 1901 – 27 November 1986) was a British zoologist, especially known for his research and writings on marine mammals.
Life
Matthews was born in Bristol, and attended Bristol Grammar School. He studied biol ...
, a member of the staff of the DI from 1924 to 1935, who worked at South Georgia from 1924 to 1927.
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References
Headlands of South Georgia
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