Finger Point

Visokoi Island is an uninhabited volcanic island and one the three that constitute a subgroup of the South Sandwich Islands, in the Southern Ocean.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Visokoi Island and Mount Hodson.

Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is an uninhabited volcanic island and one the three that constitute a subgroup of the South Sandwich Islands, in the Southern Ocean.

Volcano
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is an ice-covered stratovolcano and the highest point on , South Sandwich Islands. It might have erupted in 1830 and 1930, and the summit usually steams.

Finger Point

Latitude
-56.68145° or 56° 40′ 53″ south
Longitude
-27.21824° or 27° 13′ 6″ west
Open location code
39MJ8Q9J+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6705060866
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
3426488
Wiki­data ID
Q393857
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Finger Point” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Finger Point
  • Chinese: 手指角
  • German: Finger Point
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Finger Point
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Finger Point på Sør-Sandwichøyane
  • Norwegian: Finger Point
  • Spanish: Punta Dedo
  • Swedish: Finger Point

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