Brattodden
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 56 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E | |
| Waters 1 | Southern ocean | |
The Brattodden (English: Abrupt Point ) is a rocky headland about 5 km southwest of the Patricia Islands on the west side of Edward VIII Bay on the coast of the Antarctic Kemplands .
Norwegian cartographers recorded the cape using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . His "sudden" discovery gave it its name. According to a survey carried out by scientists from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1954, the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) translated the Norwegian name into English .
Web links
- Abruptly Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Abrupt Point on geographic.org (English)