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Minot Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Minot Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point
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:
W coast of Brabant Island, W of Mount Parry, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; called descriptively by AAE Cabo PirĂ¡mide [=pyramid cape] (Argentina. MM chart 128, 1957); in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after Dr George Richards Minot (1885-1950), American physician known for his work on the liver treatment for anaemia; Nobel Laureate in medicine, 1934 (APC, 1960, p.6; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961).
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