Editing Point Alden

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'''Point Alden''' is an ice-covered point  in [[Antarctica]] with rock exposures along the seaward side. The point marks the western side of the entrance to [[Commonwealth Bay]] and the division between [[Adélie Land|Adélie Coast]] and [[George V Coast]] in Antarctica. The point was discovered on January 30, 1840, by the USEE under Lt. [[Charles Wilkes]], and named by him for Lt. James Alden of the expedition's flagship ''Vincennes''.<ref>{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=212|name=Point Alden|accessdate=2020-03-21}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book | title=Sailing Directions (planning Guide) and (enroute) for Antarctica | publisher=Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center | year=1992 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sgSnbMOD_VsC&pg=PA446 | page=446}}
* {{cite journal | last1=Stüwe | first1=Kurt | last2=Oliver | first2=Robin | title=Geological history of Adélie Land and King George V Land, Antarctica: Evidence for a polycyclic metamorphic evolution | journal=Precambrian Research | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=43 | issue=4 | year=1989 | issn=0301-9268 | doi=10.1016/0301-9268(89)90063-6 | pages=317–334}}

== External links ==
* [https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:212 Point Alden] on [[USGS]] website
* [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=2187 Point Alden] on [[Australian Antarctic Data Centre|AADC]] website
* [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/search_names_action.cfm?search_text=184&feature_type_code=0&country_id=0&relic_options=include_relics&north=-45.0&south=-90.0&west=-180.0&east=180.0&search_near=&radius=0.5&gazetteers=SCAR Point Alden] on [[Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research|SCAR]] website
* [https://www.mindat.org/loc-244419.html Point Alden] on mindat.org

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[[Category:Headlands of George V Land]]
[[Category:Headlands of Adélie Land]]


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