Hardy Point

Hardy Point is the western point of in the South Sandwich Islands. It was charted in 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II, who named it for Alister C.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bellingshausen Island and Basilisk Peak.

Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is one of the most southerly islands of the South Sandwich Islands, close to and , and forming part of the group.

Peak
is, at 255 metres, the highest peak marking the crater rim of , South Sandwich Islands. The name as applied by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 "marks the aura of this savage cliff which falls abruptly into a deep and steaming crater where the basilisk of legend might properly have his den."…

Hardy Point

Latitude
-59.41795° or 59° 25′ 5″ south
Longitude
-27.09483° or 27° 5′ 41″ west
Open location code
39GJHWJ4+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2596029199
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
3426459
Wiki­data ID
Q393538
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hardy Point” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Hardy Point
  • Chinese: 哈迪角
  • German: Hardy Point
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Hardy Point
  • Spanish: Punta Hardy
  • Swedish: Hardy Point (udde i Sydgeorgien och Sydsandwichöarna)
  • Swedish: Hardy Point

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