Spit Point
Spit Point is the east tip of the 5-nautical-mile long Elephant Spit, a conspicuous spit at the eastern end of Heard Island. The feature was charted by early American sealers at Heard Island in the years following initiation of sealing operations there in 1855.- Type: Locality
- Description: Heard Island, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Southwest Beach Point”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elephant Spit.
Elephant Spit
Locality
Elephant Spit is a 9 km long sand spit at the eastern… Elephant Spit is situated 3½ km west of Spit Point.
Spit Point
- Category: headland
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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Latitude
-53.10608° or 53° 6′ 22″ south
Longitude
73.87513° or 73° 52′ 31″ east
Open location code
3JRMVVVG+H3
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Spit Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Spit Point”
- Chinese: “斯皮特角”
- German: “Spit Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Spit Point”
- Swedish: “Spit Point (udde i Heard- och McDonaldöarna)”
- Swedish: “Spit Point”
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