North Spit
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North Spit Bandal Cape |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 13 ′ S , 58 ° 48 ′ W | |
| location | King George Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | Collins Harbor | |
| Waters 2 | Marian Cove | |
The North Spit is a headland that forms the southwestern extension of the Weaver Peninsula from King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It marks the north side of the entrance to Marian Cove .
Her descriptive name is first recorded on a map based on surveys by scientists from the British Discovery Investigations in 1935. In contrast, South Korean scientists named it in 2012 as Bandal Cape after a Korean name for the crescent moon .
Web links
- North Spit in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- North Spit on geographic.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bandal Cape in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English). Retrieved July 20, 2020.