Portal Point
Cape Reclus Refuge
Cape Reclus Refuge (64°30′00″S 61°46′00″W / 64.5°S 61.766667°W) is a British refuge, managed by the British Antarctic Survey, located at Portal Point on the Reclus Peninsula. The hut was inaugurated on 13 December 1956 and remained active until April 25, 1958. A four men team, led by Wally Herbert completed the first traverse from Hope Bay to Cape Reclus in 1957, they wintered in the refuge and carried out local survey. The refuge was dismantled in March 1996 and transported to the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust where was rebuilt inside the new Museum in 2014.
Biology
Portal point often has numerous Weddell seals hauled out near the landing. There are no penguin colonies because of the abundant snow cover.
Geography
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Portal_Point.jpg/275px-Portal_Point.jpg)
Portal Point is a snow and ice-covered point consisting of Mesozoic granite.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Granite_bedrock_of_Portal_Point.jpg/275px-Granite_bedrock_of_Portal_Point.jpg)
See also
References
- ^ "History of Cape Reclus refuge". British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ^ Joseph Holliday, personal visit with Lindblad/National Geographic
- ^ Joseph Holliday, Geology Professor, El Camino College
This article incorporates public domain material from "Portal Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.