Baykal Point

Baykal Point (Bulgarian: нос Байкал, ‘Nos Baykal’ \'nos bay-'kal\) is the mostly ice-covered rocky point projecting 800 m south-southwestwards into Lanusse Bay on the west coast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

The point is named after the settlements of Baykal in Northern and Baykalsko in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Baykal Point is located at 64°12′50″S 62°29′06″W, which is 2.63 km east-southeast of Driencourt Point, 6.55 km northwest of Mount Parry and 5.4 km north-northeast of Minot Point. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

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Brabant Island seen from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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