Cato Point
Cato Point is a headland forming the southwest extremity of Bouvet Island. It was first charted in 1898 by a German expedition under Carl Chun. The Norwegian expedition under Captain Harald Horntvedt made a landing here from the Norvegia in December 1927; they applied the name.- Point
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (90 feet)
- Description: headland
- Also known as“Catoodden”“Seal Point”
Places of Interest
Discover Larsøya and Lykketoppen.
Lykketoppen
Peak
Lykketoppen, occasionally anglicized as Lykke Peak…
Christensen Glacier
Glacier
Following is a list of glaciers of Bouvet Island in Antarctica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Circoncision and Cape Valdivia.
Cape Circoncision
Cape Circoncision is a peninsula on the north-western edge of subantarctic Bouvet Island.
6 km north of Cato Point
Cape Valdivia
Cape Valdivia is the northernmost point on Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean.
7 km north of Cato Point
Cato Point
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- Location: Bouvet Island
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Latitude
-54.45111° or 54° 27′ 4″ south
Longitude
3.31944° or 3° 19′ 10″ east
Open location code
3FQ5G8X9+HQ
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Cato Point” goes by many names.
Cato lurmuturraBasque
CatooddenBavarian
Cato PointCebuano
CatooddenCebuano
卡托角Chinese
カトー岬Japanese
Cato PointNorwegian Nynorsk
CatooddenNorwegian Nynorsk
Cato PointSwedish
CatooddenSwedish
CatouddenSwedish
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