Crosscut Point

Crosscut Point is a series of jagged rocks forming the north end of in the South Sandwich Islands. It was charted in 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II, and so named because numerous crosscutting dikes have withstood weathering and produced this irregular formation.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Cape
  • Description: cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • Also known as: “Punta Intersección”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vindication Island and Saw Rock.

Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is a small uninhabited island of the in the South Sandwich Islands. It is one of about a dozen islands that make up the South Sandwich island arc, a chain of volcanoes in the Southern Ocean that was discovered in 1775 by James Cook.

Islet
is a rock, 25 m high, lying 0.4 nautical miles north of Crosscut Point, the north extremity of , in the South Sandwich Islands.

Peak
is a peak forming the summit of , South Sandwich Islands. The peak forms a narrow ridge above the uniform slopes of the original volcanic cone, and is a quadrant of what was probably once a circular mass cone.

Crosscut Point

Latitude
-57.10859° or 57° 6′ 31″ south
Longitude
-26.82951° or 26° 49′ 46″ west
Open location code
39JMV5RC+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9025691586
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
3426525
Wiki­data ID
Q393601
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Satellite Map

Discover Crosscut Point from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Crosscut Point” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Crosscut Point”
  • Chinese: “克羅斯卡特角”
  • German: “Crosscut Point”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Crosscut Point”
  • Spanish: “Punta Perfil”
  • Swedish: “Crosscut Point”

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