# Williams Point

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**Williams Point** is the point forming both the north extremity of [Varna Peninsula](/source/Varna_Peninsula) and the northeast tip of [Livingston Island](/source/Livingston_Island) in the [South Shetland Islands](/source/South_Shetland_Islands), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). Separated from [Zed Islands](/source/Zed_Islands) to the north by [Iglika Passage](/source/Iglika_Passage).

The discovery of the South Shetland Islands was first reported in 1819 by [William Smith](/source/William_Smith_(mariner)), Master of the brig *Williams* who had sighted the point on 19 February that year. An 1820 publication suggests that Smith gave the name ‘Williams’ to a point of land in this vicinity. In recent years the place name Williams Point has been established in international usage for the point described.

## Location

The point is located at [62°27′08″S 60°08′11″W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=62_27_08_S_60_08_11_W) which is 9.47 km north of [Miziya Peak](/source/Miziya_Peak) in [Vidin Heights](/source/Vidin_Heights), 8.8 km east of [Desolation Island](/source/Desolation_Island_(South_Shetland_Islands)), 1.5 km south of [Zed Islands](/source/Zed_Islands) and 5.5 km west of [Duff Point](/source/Duff_Point) on [Greenwich Island](/source/Greenwich_Island_(South_Shetland_Islands)). British mapping in 1822, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.

## Maps

- [Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c.](http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/540915.html) from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
- [South Shetland Islands.](http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=5657) Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Sheet W 62 60. Tolworth, UK, 1968.
- Isla Elefante an Isla Trinidad. Mapa hidrográfico a escala 1:500000 - 1:350000. Valparaíso: Instituto Hidrográfico de la Armada de Chile, 1971.
- Islas Shetland del Sur de Isla 25 de Mayo an Isla Livingston. Mapa hidrográfico a escala 1:200000. Buenos Aires: Servicio de Hidrografía Naval de la Armada, 1980.
- Islas Livingston y Decepción. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:100000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1991.
- S. Soccol, D. Gildea and J. Bath. [Livingston Island, Antarctica.](http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=13271) Scale 1:100000 satellite map. The Omega Foundation, USA, 2004.
- L.L. Ivanov et al., Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), 1:100000 scale topographic map, [Antarctic Place-names Commission](/source/Antarctic_Place-names_Commission) of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2005
- L.L. Ivanov. [Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALivingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg) Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
- [Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).](http://www.add.scar.org) Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- L.L. Ivanov. [Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALivingston-Island-Map-2010-15.png). Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0

## References

- [Williams Point.](https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=111958) SCAR [Composite Antarctic Gazetteer](/source/Composite_Antarctic_Gazetteer)

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