Kiridasi Misaki
| Kiridasi Misaki | ||
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 56 ′ S , 44 ° 29 ′ E | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Crown Prince Olav Coast | |
| Waters | Cosmonaut Lake | |
The Kiridasi Misaki ( transcription from Japanese 切 出 し 岬 'knife cape' ) is a headland on the Crown Prince Olav coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is one of the two headlands that extend west from Shinnan Rocks .
Japanese scientists mapped them using aerial photographs taken in 1962 and measurements made in 1972. The descriptive naming took place in 1977.
Web links
- Kiridasi Misaki in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)