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Yermak Point
Yermak Point () is a coastal point in the west part of Rennick Bay, west-northwest of Znamenskiy Island, Antarctica. It was named by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1958) after the Soviet icebreaker An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller ... ''Yermak''. Headlands of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{PennellCoast-geo-stub ...
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Rennick Bay
Rennick Bay () is an embayment of the coastline of Antarctica at the terminus of Rennick Glacier. It is bounded on the west and east by Belousov Point and Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont. Discovery and naming The eastern part of the bay was discovered from the ship '' Terra Nova'', of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13) under Scott. It was named by the British Antarctic Expedition for Lieutenant Henry E. de P. Rennick, Royal Navy, an officer on the Terra Nova. The bay was photographed by United States Navy Operation Highjump (1947) and by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1958). According to the ''Sailing Directions for Antarctica'', "Cape Cheetham appears to be an isolated pinnacle forming the eastern extremity of Rennick Bay, an embayment about 18 miles wide, the western extremity of which is formed by high cliffs with outcroppings of rock. Location The northwestern end of the bay is defined by Belousov Point on the end of the Anderson Peninsula. The Suvorov Glacier ent ...
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Znamenskiy Island
Rennick Bay () is an embayment of the coastline of Antarctica at the terminus of Rennick Glacier. It is bounded on the west and east by Belousov Point and Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont. Discovery and naming The eastern part of the bay was discovered from the ship '' Terra Nova'', of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13) under Scott. It was named by the British Antarctic Expedition for Lieutenant Henry E. de P. Rennick, Royal Navy, an officer on the Terra Nova. The bay was photographed by United States Navy Operation Highjump (1947) and by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1958). According to the ''Sailing Directions for Antarctica'', "Cape Cheetham appears to be an isolated pinnacle forming the eastern extremity of Rennick Bay, an embayment about 18 miles wide, the western extremity of which is formed by high cliffs with outcroppings of rock. Location The northwestern end of the bay is defined by Belousov Point on the end of the Anderson Peninsula. The Suvorov Glacier ...
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