Babakin (Martian Crater)
Babakin may refer to: * Babakin, Western Australia * Georgy Babakin (1914–1971), Soviet space program engineer *Babakin (lunar crater) *Babakin Space Centre The Babakin Science and Research Space Centre (russian: Научно-испытательный центр имени Г.Н. Бабакина) is a division of the Lavochkin Design Bureau based in Khimki, Russia. It is managed by them on behalf of ...

Babakin, Western Australia
Babakin is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia between the towns of Bruce Rock and Corrigin. At the the population of Babakin was 56. Facilities in the town include a school, shop, hall and sporting facilities. Babakin was a pastoral lease from 1873 to 1914 at this location, first taken up by C. Heal (Jnr). The name stems from a Noongar term for the dingo. The population increased with land grants given to returned servicemen after the Great War. In 1926, Babakin joined with Ardath to field an Australian rules team in the Bruce Rock Football Association. In 1932, the Wheat Pool of Western Australia announced that the town would have two grain elevators, each fitted with an engine, installed at the railway siding. A very rare plant species inhabits the area—the Western Underground Orchid (''Rhizanthella gardneri ''Rhizanthella gardneri'', commonly known as western underground orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family an ...
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