Kanin Point
Kanin Point is a rocky point lying 2 nautical miles west-southwest of Kelp Point on the south side of Husvik Harbor, in Stromness Bay, South Georgia. The descriptive name "Rocky Point" was given for this feature, probably by Discovery Investigations personnel who surveyed Husvik Harbor in 1928, but this name is used elsewhere in the Antarctic.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Also known as: “Rocky Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ruby Peak and Blechnum Peaks.
Ruby Peak
Peak
Ruby Peak is a peak rising on the east side of Olsen Valley to the southwest of Jason Peak, South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1930 British Admiralty chart. This article incorporates public domain material from… Ruby Peak is situated 3 km southeast of Kanin Point.
Blechnum Peaks
Peak
Blechnum Peaks are three peaks, the highest 640 metres high, on the north–south ridge between Gulbrandsen Lake and Olsen Valley on the north coast of South Georgia. Blechnum Peaks is situated 3 km southwest of Kanin Point.
Parochlus Lake
Lake
Parochlus Lake is a shallow lake at the head of Karrakatta Valley, to the west-northwest of Husvik Harbor, South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1990 after the midge Parochlus steinenii, whose larvae abound near the margins of the lake. Parochlus Lake is situated 4 km northwest of Kanin Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Husvik and Leith Harbour.
Husvik
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Husvik is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island. It was one of three such stations in Stromness Bay, the other two being Stromness and Leith Harbour.
Leith Harbour
Village
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
Leith Harbour, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, Edinburgh. Leith Harbour is situated 5 km north of Kanin Point.
Kanin Point
- Category: cape
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.1848° or 54° 11′ 5″ southLongitude
-36.69503° or 36° 41′ 42″ westOpen location code
39Q5R883+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 9099665651OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
3426418Wikidata ID
Q6363227
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kanin Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kanin Point”
- Chinese: “卡寧角”
- German: “Kanin Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kanin Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaninneset”
- Swedish: “Kanin Point”
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Explore places such as Alert Cove and Main Channel.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Seagull Rock and Bar Rocks.
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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 “Kanin Point”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.