Jasnorzewski Gardens

{{Short description|Meadow on coast of Antarctic Ocean}}

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Jasnorzewski Gardens (Polish: Ogrody Jasnorzewskiego) is a coastal meadow on King George Island, in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands. It is located on the shore of Halfmoon Cove, which is part of Admiralty Bay.{{cite web|url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=116520|title=Jasnorzewski Gardens|website=data.aad.gov.au}}Nazewnictwo geograficzne świata, issue 8: Antarktyka. Warsaw: Komisja Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, 2006. (in Polish) Next to the meadow is located the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station.Tomasz M. Augustyniak: Stacja na lodzie. In: Przekrój, issue 17 (3383), p. 22–24. 27 April 2010. ISSN 0033-2488. (in Polish)

Name

Jasnorzewski Gardens (Polish: Ogrody Jasnorzewskiego) was established in 1980, by the members of Polish Arctic expedition. It was named after Jerzy Lech Jasnorzewski, a geodesist and astronomer, who took part in the Arctic expeditions from 1967 to 1958, and in an Antarctic expedition from 1977 to 1979.

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Map of Arctowski Station.png|The map of the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station and its surroundings, including the coast of the Halfmoon Cove.

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