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Ula Point (64°5′S 57°9′W) is a low ice-covered point in the Erebus and Terror Gulf, on the northeast coast of James Ross Island, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Cape Gage. First seen and roughly surveyed by Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskjold. It was resurveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1945. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Anton Olsen Ula, boatswain on the Antarctic the ship of the above Swedish expedition.[1]

Barker Bank is a submarine bank extending north from Ula Point into the Erebus and Terror Gulf. It has a least depth of 20 metres (66 ft). Its limits are not precisely defined. It was charted from HMS Endurance, 1981–82, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Captain Nicholas J. Barker, Royal Navy, who was in command of the ship, 1980–82.[2]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Ula Point". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 

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Der Ula Point ist eine niedrige und vereiste Landspitze an der Nordostküste der James-Ross-Insel vor der Nordspitze der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie liegt 8 km nordwestlich des Kap Gage.

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