Botany Point
Botany Point is a cape in Antarctica. Botany Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, as well as near the locality Station G.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tern Nunatak and Ullmann Spur.
Tern Nunatak
Peak
Tern Nunatak is a nunatak lying just east of Lussich Cove, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted but not named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot.
Ullmann Spur
Peak
Ullmann Spur is a mountainous ridge, 275 m, situated centrally at the head of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Wawel Hill
Peak
Wawel Hill is a hill rising to 290 m north of Point Hennequin, on the east side of Admiralty Bay, King George Island. Named "Góra Wawel" in 1980 by the Polish Antarctic Expedition after a hill by this name in Kraków, historic site of the castle of the Polish kings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
Hamlet
The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, who visited Antarctica many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program.
Botany Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.09784° or 62° 5′ 52″ south
Longitude
-58.32599° or 58° 19′ 34″ west
Elevation
188 metres (617 feet)
Open location code
3893WM2F+VJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Botany Point” goes by many names.
- Polish: “Przylądek Botaniki”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Warkocz and Szafer Ridge.
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