| Damoy Point Hut | |
| Settlement Type: | Hut |
| Mapsize: | 270px |
| Pushpin Map: | Antarctic Peninsula |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Damoy Point Hut in Antarctic Peninsula |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Coordinates: | -64.8177°N -63.5041°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Continent |
| Subdivision Name: | Antarctica |
| Subdivision Type1: | Location in Antarctic Peninsula |
| Subdivision Name1: | Damoy Point Port Lockroy Palmer Archipelago Antarctica |
| Subdivision Type3: | Administered by |
| Subdivision Name3: | British Antarctic Survey |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Type |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Seasonal |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Status |
| Blank Info Sec2: | Operational |
Damoy Point is a headland 900m (3,000feet) west-northwest of Flag Point, the northern entrance point to the harbour of Port Lockroy, on the western side of Wiencke Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was discovered and named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot.[1]
A well-preserved hut containing scientific equipment and other artifacts stands at the point. It was built in 1973 and used for several years as a British summer air facility and transit station for scientific personnel. It was last occupied in 1993. It has been designated a Historic Site or Monument (HSM 84), following a proposal by the United Kingdom to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.[2]
Since 2009, the hut has been managed by the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, a British charity responsible for managing six historic huts on the Antarctic Peninsula.[3] In 2023, Damoy Hut was repainted in its original bright orange after a conservation team spent nearly four weeks camping and working on the continent.[4]