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Oberbauer Point ( bg, нос Обербауер, ‘Nos Oberbauer’ \'nos 'o-ber-ba-u-er\) is the point on the west side of the entrance to
Gerritsz Bay Gerritsz Bay ( bg, залив Гериц, zaliv Gerits, ) is the 4 km wide bay indenting for 2.15 km the north coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is entered east of Oberbauer Point and west of the north ...
on the north coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago,
Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
. The point is named after the
Austrian Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ...
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artist Joseph Oberbauer (1853-1926).


Location

Oberbauer Point is located at , which is 5.67 km west of
Cape Grönland Cape Grönland () is a cape on the east side of the entrance to Gerritsz Bay which forms the northern extremity of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The cape was discovered by a German expedition 1873–74, under Eduard D ...
and 13.52 km northeast of Quinton Point. British mapping in 1980.


Maps


British Antarctic Territory.
Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.


References


Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...
. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Oberbauer Point.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.


External links


Oberbauer Point.
Copernix satellite image Headlands of the Palmer Archipelago Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{AnversIsland-geo-stub