4-520: Busen Point or Busen Peninsula ( 54°9′S 36°33′W / 54.150°S 36.550°W / -54.150; -36.550 ) is a headland forming the southeast side of the entrance to Stromness Bay , on the north coast of South Georgia island . It lies on the Lewin Peninsula in between Stromness Bay and Cumberland West Bay . The name Busen was first used on charts based on the 1927–29 survey by Discovery Investigations personnel but
8-527: A sheer drop, that extends into a body of water . It is a type of promontory . A headland of considerable size often is called a cape . Headlands are characterised by high, breaking waves , rocky shores , intense erosion , and steep sea cliff . Headlands and bays are often found on the same coastline. A bay is flanked by land on three sides, whereas a headland is flanked by water on three sides. Headlands and bays form on discordant coastlines, where bands of rock of alternating resistance run perpendicular to
12-534: The Argentine invasion in 1982 . Three notable rocks lie close to the northeast of Busen Point of which the outermost is Bucentaur Rock . This South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Headland A headland , also known as a head , is a coastal landform , a point of land usually high and often with
16-568: The point was discovered at a much earlier date. It was named for the head of Husvik Harbour in Stromness Bay. The peninsula between Stromness Bay and Cumberland West Bay, on which Busen Point is found, was named the Lewin Peninsula by the Antarctic Placenames Committee after Terence Lewin, Baron Lewin , who was Chief of Defence Staff and instrumental in directing the campaign to retake South Georgia following
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