Westwind Beach
Westwind Beach is a beach in Bouvet Island. Westwind Beach is situated nearby to the locality Cape Circoncision, as well as near Cape Valdivia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horntvedt Glacier and Mosbytoppane.
Horntvedt Glacier
Glacier
Following is a list of glaciers of Bouvet Island in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in Bouvet Island.
Mosbytoppane
Peak
Mosbytoppane, are two crags to the southwest of the caldera of the island of Bouvetøya. The tallest is a snow-covered peak 670 meters above mean sea level and 1.3 kilometers northeast of Norvegiaodden.
Posadowsky Glacier
Glacier
Following is a list of glaciers of Bouvet Island in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in Bouvet Island. Posadowsky Glacier is situated 2½ km east of Westwind Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Circoncision and Cape Valdivia.
Cape Circoncision
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 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 5 km northeast of Westwind Beach.
Westwind Beach
- Type: Beach
- Also known as: “Westwindstranda”
- Category: landform
- Location: Bouvet Island
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Latitude
-54.41° or 54° 24′ 36″ southLongitude
3.28528° or 3° 17′ 7″ eastOpen location code
3FQ5H7RP+24GeoNames ID
3371179
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Satellite Map
Discover Westwind Beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Norwegian—“Westwind Beach” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Platja de Westwind”
- Norwegian: “Vestavindstranda”
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