Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeaturePointNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionA low cape forming the southern entrance to New Harbour, in Victoria Land. It is 28 1/2 miles west of Cape Evans and 35 miles west of Hut Point. Discovered by the NAE, 1901-04, and named because the Ferrar Glacier Party left a tin of butter there in October 1903 in anticipation of obtaining seal meat at this point on their return journey.
Antarctica NZ (7th Oct 2014). Butter Point. In Website Antarctica NZ. Retrieved 21st Jan 2021 05:38, from https://adam.antarcticanz.govt.nz/nodes/view/20509
