This article is about the promontory on Livingston Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula. For the headland in Alaska's Kotzebue Sound, see Elephant Point (Alaska).
Elephant Point is a small predominantly ice-free promontory projecting 2 km into Bransfield Strait at the south extremity of the west half of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point forms the southwest side of the entrance to Kavarna Cove, and is surmounted by Rotch Dome on the north. Ice-free surface area 109 hectares (270 acres).[1]Dryad Lake is situated on the west side of the point. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The feature is named after the Elephant seal species.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.