Cape Rosa
Cape Rosa is a cape marking the south side of the entrance to King Haakon Bay on the south coast of South Georgia. The name first appears about 1920 on charts of South Georgia and has since become established by usage.- Cape
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- Description: cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Places of Interest Nearby
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McCarthy Island
Island
McCarthy Island is an island, 1 nautical mile long…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peggotty Bluff.
Peggotty Bluff
Locality
King Haakon Bay, or King Haakon Sound, is an inlet…
Cape Rosa
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.18768° or 54° 11′ 16″ south
Longitude
-37.41795° or 37° 25′ 5″ west
Open location code
39Q4RH6J+WR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Cape Rosa” goes by many names.
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