Resolution Point
Cook Island is the central and largest island of the Southern Thule island group, part of the South Sandwich Islands in the far south Atlantic Ocean. Southern Thule was discovered by a British expedition under Captain James Cook in 1775.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bellingshausen Island and Cook Island.
Bellingshausen Island
Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Bellingshausen Island is one of the most southerly islands of the South Sandwich Islands, close to Thule Island and Cook Island, and forming part of the Southern Thule group.
Cook Island
Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Cook Island is the central and largest island of the Southern Thule island group, part of the South Sandwich Islands in the far south Atlantic Ocean. Southern Thule was discovered by a British expedition under Captain James Cook in 1775.
Mount Harmer
Peak
Mount Harmer is an ice-covered peak, 1,115 metres high, in the north-central portion of Cook Island, 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.
Resolution Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-59.43097° or 59° 25′ 52″ southLongitude
-27.13442° or 27° 8′ 4″ westOpen location code
39GJHV98+J6OpenStreetMap ID
node 12241413373OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
3426322Wikidata ID
Q376381
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Resolution Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Resolution Point”
- Chinese: “雷澤盧申角”
- German: “Resolution Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Resolution Point”
- Spanish: “Punta Resolucion”
- Spanish: “Punta Resolución”
- Swedish: “Resolution Point”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Holdgate and Basilisk Peak.
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