Boy Point

Boy Point is a headland between and on the south coast of King George Island in the . It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition in 1980 after Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, Polish writer and essayist.
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Boy Point

Latitude
-62.1639° or 62° 9′ 50″ south
Longitude
-58.17116° or 58° 10′ 16″ west
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
3893RRPH+CG
Geo­Names ID
6629090
Wiki­data ID
Q580641
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Boy Point” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Boy Point
  • Chinese: 博伊角
  • Dutch: Boy Point
  • German: Boy Point
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Boy Point
  • Polish: Przylądek Boya
  • Swedish: Boy Point

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