Antarctica

Birthday Point

Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of between Cape Barrow and . Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, surgeon on .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sphinx Rock.

Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of between Cape Barrow and . Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, surgeon on .

Birthday Point

Latitude
-71.43359° or 71° 26′ 1″ south
Longitude
169.41093° or 169° 24′ 39″ east
Open location code
2VWFHC86+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11109206660
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
6625651
Wiki­data ID
Q2564086
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Satellite Map

Discover Birthday Point from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Birthday Point” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Бърдей Пойнт”
  • Cebuano: “Birthday Point”
  • Chinese: “生日角”
  • German: “Birthday Point”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Birthday Point”
  • Swedish: “Birthday Point”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Terrace and Borchgrevink’s Hut.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mount Locke and Ommanney Glacier.

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