# Hardy Point

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**Hardy Point** ([59°25′S 27°4′W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=59_25_S_27_4_W)) is the western point of [Bellingshausen Island](/source/Bellingshausen_Island) in the [South Sandwich Islands](/source/South_Sandwich_Islands). It was charted in 1930 by [Discovery Investigations](/source/Discovery_Investigations) personnel on the *[Discovery II](/source/RRS_Discovery_II)*, who named it for [Alister C. Hardy](/source/Alister_C._Hardy), a member of the zoological staff of the [Discovery Committee](/source/Discovery_Committee), 1924–28, and professor of zoology at [University College Hull](/source/University_College_Hull).[1][2]

## References

1. 6375. Retrieved 2012-05-23.

1. Alberts, Fred G. (ed.) (June 1995). [*Geographic Names of the Antarctic*](https://archive.org/download/GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic2ndEdition/Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic2ndEdition1995.pdf). second ed. [United States Board on Geographic Names](/source/United_States_Board_on_Geographic_Names). p. 312. Retrieved 2012-04-05.

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