Braces Point

Braces Point is the northeast point of , South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. The feature was named Low Point during the survey from RRS Discovery II in 1930, but the name was changed to avoid duplication.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Cape
  • Description: cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • Also known as: “Low Point”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Trousers Rock and Vindication Island.

Islet
is a rock with a prominent wave-cut arch, lying immediately west of and 0.3 nautical miles northeast of in the South Sandwich Islands.

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 an arched rock, 45 metres high, lying close east of and 0.3 nautical miles northeast of in the South Sandwich Islands.

Braces Point

Latitude
-57.11459° or 57° 6′ 53″ south
Longitude
-26.79919° or 26° 47′ 57″ west
Open location code
39JMV6P2+58
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9025691587
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
3426570
Wiki­data ID
Q393574
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Satellite Map

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

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Braces Point” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Braces Point”
  • Chinese: “布雷西斯角”
  • German: “Braces Point”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Braces Point”
  • Spanish: “Punta Baja”
  • Swedish: “Braces Point”

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Highlights include Quadrant Peak and Castor Rock.

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