Cape North
Cape North is a headland marking the northernmost point of South Georgia, near the west end of the island. This name was first applied to the northwest tip of South Georgia on a map by Captain James Cook in 1775.- Cape
- …lies at an elevation of around 110 metres (340 feet)
- …is also known as “North Cape”
- Description: cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Cape North
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-53.97751° or 53° 58′ 39″ south
Longitude
-37.74387° or 37° 44′ 38″ west
Open location code
39R427C4+XF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cape North” goes by many names.
Cape NorthCebuano
北角Chinese
Cape North i Sør-GeorgiaNorwegian Nynorsk
Cape North på Sør-GeorgiaNorwegian Nynorsk
Cape NorthSwedish
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