Flabellum bastion
| Flabellum bastion | ||
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| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 58 ° 9 ′ 57 ″ W | |
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The Flabellum Bastion is a rocky outcrop on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the Krakow Peninsula, it rises northeast of the Linton Knoll .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on February 15, 1998. It is named after fossils of gorgonians of the genus Flabellum found here .
Web links
- Flabellum Bastion in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)