Spring Point, Antarctica
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Spring Point is a point forming the south side of the entrance to Brialmont Cove, on the west coast of
Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that 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 ...
in Antarctica. Discovered in 1898 by the
Belgian Antarctic Expedition The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the RV ''Belgica'', it was the first Belgian Antarctic expedition and is considered the firs ...
under Gerlache. He named it for Professor Walthère-Victor Spring chemist of the Université de Liège, a member of the Académie Royale de Belgique and of the Commission de la Belgica.


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