Islands
Bouvet Island

Cape Valdivia

Cape Valdivia is the northernmost point on in the South Atlantic Ocean. The subantarctic Bouvet Island is administered by . Cape Valdivia lies in the centre of the island's highest point.
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Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: headland
  • Also known as: “Kaap Valdivia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Olavtoppen and Posadowsky Glacier.

Peak
, occasionally anglicised as Olav Peak, is the highest point of , a volcanic island and dependency of Norway, and the remotest island on Earth.

Glacier
Following is a list of glaciers of Bouvet Island in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in . is situated 2½ km southwest of Cape Valdivia.

Islet
is an insular rock 2 metres high which lies 1.2 nautical miles northwest of on the island of Bouvetøya in the South Atlantic Ocean. is situated 3½ km east of Cape Valdivia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape Circoncision.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a peninsula on the north-western edge of subantarctic . The small peninsula was sighted by the French naval exploration that was led by Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier on 1 January 1739, the Feast of the Circumcision day—thus the name. is situated 4 km west of Cape Valdivia.

Cape Valdivia

Latitude
-54.38727° or 54° 23′ 14″ south
Longitude
3.35397° or 3° 21′ 14″ east
Open location code
3FQ5J973+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4184394621
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
3371097
Wiki­data ID
Q794792
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Satellite Map

Discover Cape Valdivia from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Cape Valdivia” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “cap Valdivia”
  • Catalan: “Cap Valdivia”
  • Cebuano: “Cape Valdivia”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾迪維瓦角”
  • Dutch: “Kapp Valdivia”
  • German: “Kap Valdivia”
  • Japanese: “バルディビア岬”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapp Valdivia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Valdivia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapp Valdivia”
  • Norwegian: “Kapp Valdivia”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Valdivia”
  • Swedish: “Cape Valdivia”
  • Swedish: “Kap Valdivia”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Nyroysa and Kapp Lollo.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Horntvedt Glacier and Slakhallet.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cape Valdivia”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.