Sonia Point

Location of Kiev Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.

Sonia Point (65°4′S 63°29′W / 65.067°S 63.483°W / -65.067; -63.483Coordinates: 65°4′S 63°29′W / 65.067°S 63.483°W / -65.067; -63.483) is a point lying 6 miles west of Rahir Point on the south side of Flandres Bay, on the northeast coast of Kiev Peninsula, Graham Land. It is 1 mile north of Reade Peak. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903–05, and named for Madame Sonia Bunau-Varilla.

References

SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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