title: Clapmatch Point
text: # Clapmatch Point
  
  Clapmatch Point (57°6′S 26°39′W﻿ / ﻿57.100°S 26.650°W﻿ / -57.100; -26.650) is a low, lava point penetrated by narrow clefts, forming the southwest point of Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands. The name applied by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 is a traditional sealers name for a female Fur seal. There is a breeding colony of this animal on the point.
  
  Carbon Point is located just northwest of Clapmatch Point.
  
  