Fork Point

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Fork Point
Geographical location
Fork Point (Antarctica)
Fork Point
Coordinates 74 ° 45 ′  S , 164 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 74 ° 45 ′  S , 164 ° 6 ′  E
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
coast Scott coast
Waters Terra Nova Bay
height 50 m

The Fork Point (from English fork 'fork' ) is a headland on the Scott coast of East Antarctica Victoria Land . It forms 5 km northeast of Adélie Cove, the southern end of a peninsula of the Northern Foothills on the shores of Terra Nova Bay .

Italian scientists gave the forked headland its descriptive name.

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