Collins Point


Collins Point is a small but prominent headland west-south-west of Fildes Point, on the south side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was charted by a British expedition under Foster, 1828–31. It was named by Lieutenant Commander D.N. Penfold, Royal Navy, following his survey of the island in 1948–49, for Rear Admiral Kenneth Collins of the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty.

Antarctic Specially Protected Area

The site forms part of an Antarctic Specially Protected Area, comprising several separate sites on Deception Island, and designated as such primarily for its botanic and ecological values.