Köppen Point
Köppen Point is a point marking the northeast side of the entrance to Moltke Harbor in Royal Bay, South Georgia. The name Köppenberg was originally given by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83, to a small hill lying close inland from the point now described, and about 0.5 nautical miles east of the German base.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Also known as: “Koppen Point”, “Køppen Point”, and “Köppenberg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pirner Peak and Mount Krokisius.
Pirner Peak
Peak
Pirner Peak is a peak 0.7 nautical miles northwest of Pirner Point, Royal Bay, South Georgia. Surveyed by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83, and named by them for Captain Pirner of the expedition ship Moltke.
Mount Krokisius
Peak
Mount Krokisius is a mountain 0.6 nautical miles northeast of Moltke Harbor, South Georgia. Named by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83, for Corvette Captain Ferdinand Krokisius, commander of the Marie, one of the two ships of the expedition.
Harcourt Island
Islet
Harcourt Island is a small island at the north side of the entrance to Royal Bay, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 after Cape Harcourt, the easternmost point of this island. Harcourt Island is situated 3 km northeast of Köppen Point.
Köppen Point
- Category: cape
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.52066° or 54° 31′ 14″ southLongitude
-36.03875° or 36° 2′ 20″ westOpen location code
39Q5FXH6+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 9090137513OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
3426407Wikidata ID
Q335581
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Köppen Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Köppen Point”
- Chinese: “柯本角”
- German: “Köppen Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Koppen Point”
- Swedish: “Köppen Point”
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Highlights include Brocken and Pirner 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 “Köppen Point”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.