Basalt Point
Basalt Point is a cape in Antarctica. Basalt Point is situated nearby to the locality Station G, as well as near the hamlet Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wawel Hill.
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.
Basalt Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.13179° or 62° 7′ 54″ south
Longitude
-58.3526° or 58° 21′ 9″ west
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Open location code
3893VJ9W+7X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
GeoNames ID
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