# Harrison Point

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For the lighthouse in Barbados, see [Harrison Point Lighthouse](/source/Harrison_Point_Lighthouse).

**Harrison Point** is a point marked by a string of off-lying rocks, lying 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) west of [Busen Point](/source/Busen_Point) on the south side of [Stromness Bay](/source/Stromness_Bay) on the island of [South Georgia](/source/South_Georgia).

Harrison Point was first charted in 1927 by [Discovery Investigations](/source/Discovery_Investigations) (DI) personnel and named "Matthews Point" for [L. Harrison Matthews](/source/L._Harrison_Matthews), a British zoologist and member of the DI staff, 1924–35, who worked at South Georgia in 1924–27. In 1954, the [UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee](/source/UK_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee) recommended that this name be altered to Harrison Point to avoid duplication with [Matthews Point](/source/Matthews_Point) (also named for L. Harrison Matthews), a better known feature in [Undine Harbour](/source/Undine_Harbour), South Georgia. This change allows Matthews' name to be retained for this feature, while the confusing duplication of names is avoided.[1]

## References

1. 6419. Retrieved 2012-05-28.

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