Cape Kossisty
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 42 ′ S , 45 ° 44 ′ E | |
| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Vozrozhdenija Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Sibiryachka Bay | |
Cape Kossisty ( Russian Мыс Косистый Mys Kossisty ; English Cape Kosistyy ) is a cape on the coast of the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It lies on the eastern shore of Freeth Bay and separates southeast Alaschejewbucht the Vozrozhdenija Bay from the Sibiryachka Bay .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and in 1957 during a Soviet Antarctic expedition . Soviet scientists named it. The further naming background has not been passed down. A possible namesake is a cape of the same name on the October Revolution island in the arctic island group Severnaya Zemlya .
Web links
- Cape Kosistyy in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)