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Stranger Point
Stranger Point
is a point forming the
southernmost
tip
of
King George Island
in the
South Shetland Islands
of
Antarctica
. It was named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
in
1960
for the
sealer
Stranger
from
Boston
, which visited
the South
Shetland Islands
in 1820–21 in
company
with the
O'Cain
,
operating
from
nearby
Potter Cove
.