title: Fitzroy Point
text: # Fitzroy Point
  
  Fitzroy Point (63°11′S 55°7′W﻿ / ﻿63.183°S 55.117°W﻿ / -63.183; -55.117) is a low point at the east side of Fliess Bay forming the northeast extremity of Joinville Island, off Graham Land, Antarctica. It was discovered on 30 December 1842 by a British expedition under James Clark Ross, who named it "Cape Fitzroy" for Captain (later Vice Admiral) Robert FitzRoy, Royal Navy, an English hydrographer and meteorologist.
  
  