Star Promontory
| Star Promontory | ||
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 52 ′ S , 77 ° 56 ′ E | |
| location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Ingrid Christensen Coast | |
| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
The Star Promontory ( English for Sternlandspitze ) is a segmented headland on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It is about halfway between the Mather Peninsula and Cape Rybachiy on the shores of Prydz Bay . To the southwest is Sapozhok Island in the group of the Rauer Islands .
Australian scientists named them after their shape, reminiscent of an imaginary star, with two points facing north-northwest and west.
Web links
- Star Promontory in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)