Uragannyy Point
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 57 ′ S , 12 ° 50 ′ E | |
| location | Lazarev Ice Shelf ( Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Lazarev lake | |
| Waters 2 | Voronin Bay | |
The Uragannyy Point ( Russian Мыс Ураганный Mys Uraganny , German 'Hurricane Cap ' ) is an ice spike on the west side of the Lasarev Ice Shelf off the Princess Astrid coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located 5 km north of Leningradskiy Island and forms the western flank of Voronin Bay .
Participants in a Soviet Antarctic expedition mapped them in 1959 and named them that way when a cyclone raged during their stay near the headland . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the Russian designation into English in 1971.
Web links
- Uragannyy Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Uragannyy Point on geographic.org (English)