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Kanin Point

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160: 125: 74:, 1951–52, reported that this feature is known at the Husvik whaling station as Kanin Point (the word kanin meaning rabbit). The name presumably arose from one of several attempts made since 1872 to introduce rabbits into the island. Kanin Point is approved on the basis of local usage. 225: 201: 167: 105: 220: 194: 139: 96: 134: 91: 159: 144: 101: 187: 22: 129: 67: 71: 63: 70:
personnel who surveyed Husvik Harbor in 1928, but this name is used elsewhere in the Antarctic. The
171: 214: 59: 55: 51: 66:. The descriptive name "Rocky Point" was given for this feature, probably by 37: 24: 50:) is a rocky point lying 2 nautical miles (4 km) west-southwest of 226:
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