Cape Disappointment
Cape Disappointment is a headland which forms the southern extremity of South Georgia. It was first charted and so named in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook, who upon reaching this position was greatly disappointed in realizing that South Georgia was an island and he had not reached the continent of Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brøde Island.
Brøde Island
Islet
Brøde Island is a small, rounded tussock-covered island, 1 nautical mile southwest of Green Island, off the southern tip of South Georgia. It was first charted in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook; it was roughly surveyed by a German expedition, 1928–29, under Kohl-Larsen, who appears to have used the name "Hauptinsel" for this feature.
Cape Disappointment
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape on South Georgia in the UK territory of South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.88237° or 54° 52′ 57″ southLongitude
-36.13332° or 36° 8′ westElevation
175 metres (574 feet)Open location code
39Q54V98+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1826172306OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cape Disappointment” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cape Disappointment”
- Chinese: “失望角”
- Esperanto: “Kabo Malkontentiĝo”
- German: “Kap Disappointment”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape Disappointment”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Disappointment i Sør-Georgia”
- Norwegian: “Cape Disappointment”
- Spanish: “Cabo Decepcion”
- Spanish: “Cabo Decepción”
- Spanish: “Cabo Desengaño”
- Swedish: “Cape Disappointment (udde i Sydgeorgien och Sydsandwichöarna)”
- Swedish: “Cape Disappointment, Sydgeorgien”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Green Island and First Rock.
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