Cape Laurens
Cape Laurens is a cape which marks the northwestern extremity of Laurens Peninsula and Heard Island. The name was probably applied by Captain Franklin F.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: Cape on Heard Island in the Indian Ocean
- Also known as: “Cape Lawrence” and “Cape Lorenz”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Macey Cone and Mount Dixon.
Macey Cone
Peak
Macey Cone is a small hill, 125 metres high, which marks the remnants of an extinct volcanic cone surmounting the lava cliffs at the northwest end of Laurens Peninsula, about 0.6 nautical miles northeast of Cape Laurens at the northwest end of Heard Island.
Mount Dixon
Volcano
Mount Dixon is a snow-covered stratovolcano, 705 metres high, standing 0.7 nautical miles west of Anzac Peak on the Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island. The feature appears to have been roughly charted on an 1860 sketch map by Captain H.C. Mount Dixon is situated 2½ km east of Cape Laurens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Laurens Peninsula.
Laurens Peninsula
Locality
Laurens Peninsula is a rugged peninsula surmounted by several ice-covered peaks that forms the northwestern part of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Laurens Peninsula is situated 4 km east of Cape Laurens.
Cape Laurens
- Category: headland
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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Latitude
-52.98904° or 52° 59′ 21″ southLongitude
73.25249° or 73° 15′ 9″ eastElevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
3JVM2762+9XOpenStreetMap ID
node 2855510566OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cape Laurens” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cape Laurens”
- Chinese: “勞倫斯角”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Laurens”
- Swedish: “Cape Laurens”
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Highlights include Red Island and Anzac Peak.
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