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Diver Point

Coordinates: 54°0′S 38°3′W / 54.000°S 38.050°W / -54.000; -38.050
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Diver Point (54°0′S 38°3′W / 54.000°S 38.050°W / -54.000; -38.050) is a point midway along the north shore of Bird Island, South Georgia. The name, by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, derives from the South Georgia diving petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) which nests nearby.[1]

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  1. ^ "Diver Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 21 January 2012.

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