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 a small, uninhabited volcanic…

Peak
is, at 255 metres, the highest peak…

Hardy Point

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Latitude
-59.41795° or 59° 25′ 5″ south
Longitude
-27.09483° or 27° 5′ 41″ west
Open location code
39GJHWJ4+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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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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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mount Harmer and Mount Holdgate.

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Highlights

Notable places include Grytviken and South Georgia Island.

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