Telephone point

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Telephone Point
Polish : Patelnia
Patelnia and Rondel Penninsulas King George Island.JPG
Rondel (front) and telephone point (back)
Geographical location
Telefon Point (South Shetland Islands)
Telephone point
Coordinates 62 ° 14 ′  S , 58 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 62 ° 14 ′  S , 58 ° 28 ′  W
location King George Island ( South Shetland Islands )
Waters Bransfield Street

The Telephone Point ( Polish Patelnia , frying pan ' ) is a headland on the south coast of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located around 3 km southwest of Demay Point .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1977 in connection with the Telefon Rocks after the SS Telefon , a cargo steamer built in 1900 under the Norwegian flag, which sailed onto a reef off King George Island in 1908. The Polish name, however, is descriptive.

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