Lapidary Point
Lapidary Point is the southwest entrance point to Rocky Cove, Maxwell Bay, King George Island, Antarctica. It was named "Mys Kamennyy" by G.E. Grikurov and M.M.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Trinity Church and Diomedea Island.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Photo: ArJuna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holy Trinity Church is a small Russian Orthodox church on King George Island near Bellingshausen Station, a Russian research station in Antarctica. It is one of the eight churches on Antarctica and the southernmost Eastern Orthodox church in the world.
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.
Slalom Lake
Lake
Slalom Lake is a small lake 0.25 nautical miles north of Ardley Cove, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. Located near the Soviet Antarctic Expedition Bellingshausen Station, erected 1968, the lake was named "Ozero Slalomnoye".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base.
President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base
Neighborhood
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile. It is located at Fildes Peninsula, an ice-free area, in front of Fildes Bay, at the west end of King George Island, South Shetland Islands.
Lapidary Point
- Type: Cape
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Lapidary Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lapidary Point”
- Chinese: “拉皮德里角”
- Dutch: “Lapidary Point”
- German: “Lapidary Point”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lapidary Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lapidary Point”
- Norwegian: “Lapidary Point”
- Swedish: “Lapidary Point”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rocky Cove and Grikurov Point.
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