Craigie Point

Right Whale Bay is a bay 1.5 miles wide, entered between Craigie Point and Nameless Point along the north coast of South Georgia Island. The bay is named for the southern right whales found in the area.
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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • Also known as: Graicie Point

Places of Interest

Highlights include Comer Crag.

Peak
is a crag, 635 metres high, standing 1 nautical mile north of the head of in the western part of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Captain George Comer of , who made his first sealing visit to South Georgia in the topsail schooner Era in 1885.

Craigie Point

Latitude
-54.00827° or 54° 0′ 30″ south
Longitude
-37.6454° or 37° 38′ 44″ west
Elevation
87 metres (285 feet)
Open location code
39Q4X9R3+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5426157659
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
3426530
Wiki­data ID
Q393648
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Craigie Point” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Craigie Point
  • Chinese: 克雷吉角
  • German: Craigie Point
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Craigie Point
  • Swedish: Craigie Point

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