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[[File:Birdwell-Point.jpg|350px|thumb|Map showing location of Birdwell Point on Dean Island]]
'''Birdwell Point''' (74°18′S 128°10′W) is the northwest point of [[Dean Island]], lying within the [[Getz Ice Shelf]] off the coast of [[Westarctica]].

==Discovery and name==
The point was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from [[U.S. Navy]] air photos collected during the years 1959–65. Birdwell Point was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for Keith W. Birdwell, U.S. Navy, who served as an Electronics Technician at [[Byrd Station]] in 1969.

==Peerage title==
On 1 September 2020, Brad Bobbitt was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Count of Birdwell as a gift from his friend, the Baron of Cole. Birdwell Point is on the opposite side of Dean Island from [[Cole Point]], which is the geographic feature from which the Baron of Cole derives his title.

[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]

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