Baker Point
| Baker Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 34 ′ S , 163 ° 33 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Scott coast | |
| Waters | Explorers Cove | |
| Waters 2 | New Harbor | |
The Baker Point is a headland at the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located on the south side of the entrance to Explorers Cove in the New Harbor of McMurdo Sound .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the Cape in 1997 after the US chemist and marine biologist Bill James Baker of the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne , Florida , who conducted underwater studies in various areas of McMurdo between 1992 and 1993, 1993 and 1994, and 1996 and 1997 -Sunds performed.
Web links
- Baker Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Baker Point on geographic.org (English)