Point Purvis

Coordinates: 54°10′S 36°41′W / 54.167°S 36.683°W / -54.167; -36.683
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Point Purvis (54°10′S 36°41′W / 54.167°S 36.683°W / -54.167; -36.683) is a point lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southwest of Tonsberg Point in Husvik Harbor, South Georgia. Charted by DI in 1928 and named after Petty Officer J. Purvis, Royal Navy (Purvis Glacier, q.v.), a member of the DI hydrographic survey party in this area in the motorboat Alert, 1928–30.

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