Name details

Balder Point

Balder Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Balder Point  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107643

Feature type: Point

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

W side of Cabinet Inlet, Foyn Coast, was photographed from the air by RARE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from Hope Bay in 1947; named in association with Frigga Peak and Mount Odin (q.v.) after Balder, the son of Frigga and Odin in Norse mythology (BA chart 3570, 27.vi.1952; APC, 1955, p.4; DCS 601 sheet 66 62, 1955). Punta Balder (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1957; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.38). Mys Balder (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 27' 00.0" S
-66.45000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
63° 45' 00.0" W
-63.75000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
22-Jan-1951

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