Herd Point
Herd Point is a point which forms the west side of Ferguson Bay at the south end of Thule Island, in the South Sandwich Islands. It was roughly charted by a Russian expedition under Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1819–20.
- Cape
- Description: cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Places of Interest Nearby
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Herd Point
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-59.4608° or 59° 27′ 39″ south
Longitude
-27.33933° or 27° 20′ 22″ west
Open location code
39GJGMQ6+M7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Herd Point” goes by many names.
Herd PointCebuano
赫德角Chinese
Herd PointNorwegian Nynorsk
Herd PointSwedish
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