Kotick Point
| Kotick Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 59 ′ S , 58 ° 19 ′ W | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Prince Gustav Canal | |
| Waters 2 | Holluschickie Bay | |
The Kotick Point is a headland on the west coast of the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It marks the southern limit of the entrance from the Prinz Gustav Canal into Holluschickie Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on September 4, 1957 based on the naming of Holluschickie Bay. Kotick is the name of the main character in Rudyard Kipling's story The White Seal from his 1894 work The Jungle Book .
Web links
- Kotick Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kotick Point on geographic.org (English)