Blue Dyke
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Blue Dyke (above) |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 14 ′ S , 58 ° 27 ′ W | |
| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Waters 2 | Admiralty Bay | |
Blue Dyke (English, Polish Błękitna Dajka ; in Argentina Punta Cossio ) is a headland including a series of offshore cliffs of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located south of Baszta Hill on the west side of the entrance from Bransfield Strait into Admiralty Bay .
Polish scientists named it in 1980 after the dyke found here, made of bluish andesite .
Web links
- Blue Dyke in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)