# Balder Point

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'''Balder Point''' ({{Coord|66|27|S|63|45|W|type:landmark_region:AQ_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}) is a [headland](/source/headland) in [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica) marking the eastern tip of a narrow, rocky "cockscomb" ridge, which extends from [Frigga Peak](/source/Frigga_Peak) for {{convert|6|nmi|km}} in an east-southeast direction to the west side of [Cabinet Inlet](/source/Cabinet_Inlet), on the east coast of [Graham Land](/source/Graham_Land). It was charted in 1947 by the [Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey](/source/Falkland_Islands_Dependencies_Survey), who named it after the Norse god [Balder](/source/Balder), the mythological son of [Frigg](/source/Frigg)a and [Odin](/source/Odin).<ref name=gnis/>

== References ==
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<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 888| name = Balder Point | accessdate = 2011-05-18}}</ref>
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Category:Headlands of Graham Land
Category:Foyn Coast

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