Rustad Knoll
Rustad Knoll is a rounded, snow-topped elevation which surmounts the south shore of the island of Bouvetøya immediately east of Cato Point. First charted in 1898 by a German expedition under Carl Chun.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Larsøya and Christensen Glacier.
Larsøya
Islet
Larsøya, sometimes anglicized as Lars Island, is a rocky island, less than 0.2 nautical miles long, which lies just off the southwestern extremity of the island of Bouvetøya in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Christensen Glacier
Glacier
Following is a list of glaciers of Bouvet Island in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in Bouvet Island.
Lykketoppen
Peak
Lykketoppen, occasionally anglicized as Lykke Peak, is a snow-covered, 765-meter tall summit that surmounts the southwest part of Bouvetøya, standing 1 nautical mile east of Norvegia Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Circoncision and Cape Valdivia.
Cape Circoncision
Locality
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Cape Circoncision is a peninsula on the north-western edge of subantarctic Bouvet Island. 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. Cape Circoncision is situated 6 km northwest of Rustad Knoll.
Cape Valdivia
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cape Valdivia is the northernmost point on Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. The subantarctic Bouvet Island is administered by Norway. Cape Valdivia lies in the centre of the island's highest point. Cape Valdivia is situated 7 km north of Rustad Knoll.
Rustad Knoll
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 340 metres
- Also known as: “Rustadkollen”
- Category: landform
- Location: Bouvet Island
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Rustad Knoll” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Rustad Knoll”
- Bavarian: “Rustadkollen”
- Cebuano: “Rustad Knoll”
- Cebuano: “Rustadkollen”
- Chinese: “魯斯塔德穹丘”
- French: “Rustad Knoll”
- French: “Rustadkollen”
- German: “Rustad Knoll”
- German: “Rustadkollen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rustad Knoll”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rustadkollen”
- Norwegian: “Rustadkollen”
- Swedish: “Rustad Knoll”
- Swedish: “Rustadkollen”
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