Yermak Point
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Yermak Point is a coastal point in the west part of Rennick Bay
, 25 miles (40 km) west-northwest of Znamenskiy Island
. Named by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition
(1958) after the Soviet icebreaker
Yermak.
Rennick Bay
Rennick Bay is an embayment of the coastline at the terminus of Rennick Glacier. It is bounded on the west and east by Belousov Point and Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont. The eastern part of the bay was discovered from the ship Terra Nova, of the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott. Named by the...
, 25 miles (40 km) west-northwest of Znamenskiy Island
Znamenskiy Island
Znamenskiy Island is a high, nearly round, ice-covered island 2.5 miles long, lying in Rennick Bay just north of the terminus of Rennick Glacier. Charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958 and named for Soviet hydrographer K.I. Znamenskiy ....
. Named by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR....
(1958) after the Soviet icebreaker
Icebreaker
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels .For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most...
Yermak.