# Lockley Point

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**Lockley Point** ([64°47′S 63°23′W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=64_47_S_63_23_W)) is a low, ice-covered point lying 1 nautical mile (2 km) northeast of [Noble Peak](/source/Noble_Peak) on the northwest side of [Wiencke Island](/source/Wiencke_Island), in the [Palmer Archipelago](/source/Palmer_Archipelago), Antarctica. It was discovered by the [Belgian Antarctic Expedition](/source/Belgian_Antarctic_Expedition) under [Gerlache](/source/Gerlache) in 1898. The point was resighted and charted by the [Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey](/source/Falkland_Islands_Dependencies_Survey) in 1944, and named for Lieutenant [J.G. Lockley](/source/J.G._Lockley), [Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve](/source/Royal_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve), base leader, biologist, and meteorologist at [Port Lockroy](/source/Port_Lockroy) in 1945.[1]

## References

1. 8954. Retrieved 2013-06-27.

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