Cieślak Point
| Cieślak Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 1 ′ S , 58 ° 39 ′ W | |
| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Waters 2 | Litwin Bay | |
The Cieślak Point ( English , Polish Przylądek Cieślaka ) is a rocky headland on the John Paul II coast in the northwest of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located immediately west of the Usher Glacier between this and Stigant Point .
Polish scientists named them in 1984 after Andrzej Cieślak, boatman on two Polish expeditions to the Antarctic (1978–1979 and 1980–1981).
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 324 (English)
Web links
- Cieslak Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)