Swell Point

Cook Island is the central and largest island of the island group, part of the in the far south Atlantic Ocean. Southern Thule was discovered by a British expedition under Captain James Cook in 1775.
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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • Also known as: Punta Mar Tendida

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cook Island and Mount Holdgate.

Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is the central and largest island of the island group, part of the in the far south Atlantic Ocean. Southern Thule was discovered by a British expedition under Captain James Cook in 1775.

Peak
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is a prominent mountain, 960 metres high, with steep icefalls and rock buttresses which provides a clear landmark at the southeast end of in the South Sandwich Islands.

Peak
is an ice-covered peak, 1,115 metres high, in the north-central portion of , in the South Sandwich Islands. It was charted in 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II, who named it for Sir Sidney F.

Swell Point

Latitude
-59.44438° or 59° 26′ 40″ south
Longitude
-27.13216° or 27° 7′ 56″ west
Open location code
39GJHV49+64
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12241413374
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
3426261
Wiki­data ID
Q375965
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In Other Languages

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bellingshausen Island and Basilisk Peak.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Swell Point”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.