Cape Fie

Cape Fie, located at, is a cape marking the southeast extremity of Bouvetøya in the South Atlantic Ocean. It was first roughly charted in 1898 by a German expedition under Carl Chun, and was re-charted and named by the Norwegian expedition under Captain Harald Horntvedt who explored the area from the Norvegia in December 1927.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Cape
  • Description: headland
  • Also known as: “Discovery Point” and “Kapp Fie”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape Valdivia and Cape Circoncision.

Locality
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is the northernmost point on in the South Atlantic Ocean. The subantarctic Bouvet Island is administered by . lies in the centre of the island's highest point. is situated 8 km northwest of Cape Fie.

Locality
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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 9 km northwest of Cape Fie.

Cape Fie

Latitude
-54.44444° or 54° 26′ 40″ south
Longitude
3.41583° or 3° 24′ 57″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
3FQ5HC48+68
Geo­Names ID
3371118
Wiki­data ID
Q794770
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Swedish—“Cape Fie” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Kap Fie”
  • Bavarian: “Kapp Fie”
  • Catalan: “Cap Fie”
  • Cebuano: “Cape Fie”
  • Cebuano: “Kapp Fie”
  • Chinese: “菲角”
  • French: “cap Fie”
  • French: “Cap Fie”
  • French: “Kapp Fie”
  • German: “Kap Fie”
  • German: “Kapp Fie”
  • Japanese: “フィエ岬”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Fie”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kap Fie”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapp Fie”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Fie”
  • Spanish: “Kapp Fie”
  • Swedish: “Cape Fie”
  • Swedish: “Kap Fie”
  • Swedish: “Kapp Fie”

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Highlights include Williams Reef and Black Cliff.

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