Salamander Point () is the northern point of
Bellingshausen Island
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South Sandwich Islands
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. This feature was named
North Point
North Point is a mixed-use urban area in the Eastern District of Hong Kong. Located in the northeastern part of Hong Kong Island, the area is named after a cape between Causeway Bay and Tsat Tsz Mui that projects toward Kowloon Bay.
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during the survey of the
island
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from RRS ''
Discovery II'' in 1930, but the name was changed by
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
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(UK-APC) in 1971 to avoid duplication. The new name is in association with nearby
Basilisk Peak; Salamander is an animal mythically supposed to live in fire.
Headlands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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