Black Cliff

Black Cliff is a cliff in Bouvet Island and has an elevation of 27 metres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape Valdivia and Cape Circoncision.

Cape Valdivia

Locality

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 northwest of Black Cliff.

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 Circoncision is situated 9 km northwest of Black Cliff.

Black Cliff

Type: Cliff with an elevation of 27 metres
Description: cliff in Bouvet Island, Norway
Category: landform
Location: Bouvet Island
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Latitude

-54.43833° or 54° 26′ 18″ south

Longitude

3.42333° or 3° 25′ 24″ east

Elevation

27 metres (89 feet)

Open location code

3FQ5HC6F+M8

GeoNames ID

3371180

Wikidata ID

Q21858945

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Black Cliff” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Black Cliff (pangpang sa Bouvet Island)”
Cebuano: “Black Cliff”
German: “Black Cliff”
German: “Schwarzer Hammer”
German: “Svarthamaren (Bouvetinsel)”
German: “Svarthamaren”
Swedish: “Black Cliff (stup i Bouvetön)”

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