Hewison Point
Hewison Point is a point which forms the east side of Ferguson Bay and the southeast end of Thule Island, in the South Sandwich Islands. It was first charted by a Russian expedition under Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1819–20.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Twitcher Rock and Thule Island.
Twitcher Rock
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Thule Island, also called Morrell Island, is one of the southernmost of the South Sandwich Islands, part of the grouping known as Southern Thule. It is named, on account of its remote location, after the mythical land of Thule, said by ancient geographers to lie at the extreme end of the Earth.
Thule Island
Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Thule Island, also called Morrell Island, is one of the southernmost of the South Sandwich Islands, part of the grouping known as Southern Thule. It is named, on account of its remote location, after the mythical land of Thule, said by ancient geographers to lie at the extreme end of the Earth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corbeta Uruguay base.
Corbeta Uruguay base
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Corbeta Uruguay base was an Argentine military outpost established in November 1976 on Thule Island, Southern Thule, in the South Sandwich Islands. It was vacated and mostly demolished in 1982 following Britain's victory against Argentina in the Falklands War.
Hewison 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
-59.45799° or 59° 27′ 29″ southLongitude
-27.30085° or 27° 18′ 3″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
39GJGMRX+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 12241339939OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hewison Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hewison Point”
- Chinese: “休伊森角”
- German: “Hewison Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hewison Point”
- Spanish: “Punta Hewison”
- Swedish: “Hewison Point”
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