Kujira Point
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 36 ′ S , 38 ° 16 ′ E | |
| location | Padda , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Lützow-Holm-Bucht | |
The Kujira Point ( Japanese 鯨 岬 Kujira-misaki , German ' Walkap ' , Norwegian Kvalodden ) is a small headland , the northern foothills of the island Padda in the Lützow-Holm Bay off the Prince Harald coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud -Lands forms.
Norwegian cartographers mapped this cape using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . Scientists on a Japanese Antarctic expedition that lasted from 1957 to 1962 mapped it again and gave it its name. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names transferred the Japanese designation in 1968 in a partial translation into English.
Web links
- Kujira Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kujira Point on geographic.org (English)