Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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Baykal Point (BGR) | 64° 12' 50.0" S | 62° 29' 06.0" W | Point |
Name ID: 137972
Place ID: 19597
The mostly ice-covered rocky point projecting 800 m south-southwestwards into Lanusse Bay on the W coast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Situated 2.63 km ESE of Driencourt Point, 6.55 km NW of Mount Parry and 5.4 km NNE of Minot Point. British mapping in 1980 and 2008. Named afer the settlements of Baykal in Northern and Baykalsko in Western Bulgaria. |
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