Point Alden is an ice-covered point inAntarctica with rock exposures along the seaward side. The point marks the western side of the entrance toCommonwealth Bay and the division betweenAdélie Coast andGeorge V Coast in Antarctica. The point was discovered on January 30, 1840, by the USEE under Lt.Charles Wilkes, and named by him for Lt. James Alden of the expedition's flagshipVincennes.^[1]

• Sailing Directions (planning Guide) and (enroute) for Antarctica. Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center. 1992. p. 446.
• Stüwe, Kurt; Oliver, Robin (1989). "Geological history of Adélie Land and King George V Land, Antarctica: Evidence for a polycyclic metamorphic evolution".Precambrian Research.43 (4). Elsevier BV:317–334.doi:10.1016/0301-9268(89)90063-6.ISSN 0301-9268.

• Point Alden onUSGS website
• Point Alden onAADC website
• Point Alden onSCAR website
• Point Alden on mindat.org

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66°48′S142°02′E / 66.800°S 142.033°E /-66.800; 142.033

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