Ula Point

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ula Point (64°5′S, 57°9′W) is a low ice-covered point on the northeast coast of James Ross Island, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Cape Gage. First seen and roughly surveyed by Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, under Otto Nordenskjold. Resurveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1945. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Anton Olsen Ula, boatswain on the Antarctic the ship of the above Swedish expedition.

This article incorporates text from Ula Point, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.