Boulder Point
Boulder Point is the southern extremity of Stonington Island, close off the west coast of Graham Land. It was first surveyed in 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service.Places of Interest
Highlights include Stonington Island and Dynamite Island.
Stonington Island
Islet
Photo: Mark Sykes, CC BY 2.0.
Stonington Island is a rocky island lying 1.8 kilometres northeast of Neny Island in the eastern part of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.
Dynamite Island
Islet
Dynamite Island is a small, low, rocky island in Back Bay, lying 130 metres east of Stonington Island, off the Fallières Coast on the west side of Graham Land.
Anemometer Hill
Peak
Anemometer Hill is a hill 25 metres high northeast of Fishtrap Cove on Stonington Island, in Marguerite Bay, Antarctica. It was surveyed by the East Base party of the U.S.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Base.
East Base
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Base on Stonington Island is the oldest American research station in Antarctica, having been commissioned by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. The station was built as part of two US wintering expeditions – United States Antarctic Service Expedition and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition.
Boulder Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland
- Categories: headland, peninsula, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Boulder Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Boulder Point”
- Chinese: “博爾德角”
- Dutch: “Boulder Point”
- German: “Boulder Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Boulder Point”
- Spanish: “Boulder, Punta”
- Swedish: “Boulder Point”
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