Braillard Point
Braillard Point is a headland forming the northeast end of Ardley Island, off the southwest end of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted and named by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1935, for Able Seaman A.Places of Interest
Highlights include Geologists Island and Diomedea Island.
Geologists Island
Islet
Geologists Island is an island, 0.5 kilometres long, lying south of Ardley Island in the entrance of Hydrographers Cove, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Diomedea Island
Islet
Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Diomedea Island is a small island lying in Ardley Cove, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The Soviet Antarctic Expedition called the feature "Ostrov Al'batros" or "Albatross Island" in 1968, but the English form duplicates a name in the Bay of Isles.
Julio Ripamonti
Dwelling
Julio Ripamonti Base is a Chilean Antarctic research base. It is located on Ardley Island in the South Shetland Islands. The base is located 50 meters above sea level, on a solid rock surface, 100 meters from the sea.
Braillard Point
- Type: Cape
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Braillard Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Braillard Point”
- Chinese: “布拉亞爾角”
- Dutch: “Braillard Point”
- German: “Braillard Point”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Braillard Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Braillard Point”
- Norwegian: “Braillard Point”
- Swedish: “Braillard Point”
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