Start Point
Start Point is a cape in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Start Point is situated nearby to the locality Salisbury Plain, as well as near Paul Beach.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dot Island and Tern Island.
Dot Island
Islet
Dot Island in the sub-Antarctic is a tiny island lying 0.6 nautical miles west of Tern Island in the south part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. It was first charted by Robert Cushman Murphy in 1912–13 and surveyed in 1929–30 by Discovery Investigations personnel, who probably so named it because of its size and minute appearance when represented on charts.
Tern Island
Islet
Tern Island in the south part of the Bay of Isles, South Georgia is a small, tussock-covered island lying 1.6 km south of Albatross Island and 10 km east of Dot Island.
Albatross Island
Island
Albatross Island is an small islet located 2 miles southeast of Cape Buller in the Bay of Isles. It is part of South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory to the east of Falkland Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salisbury Plain.
Salisbury Plain
Locality
Photo: Pismire, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salisbury Plain is a broad coastal plain found with the Bay of Isles on the north coast of South Georgia. It lies between the mouths of Grace and Lucas glaciers on the southern coast of the bay, with Mount Ashley south of it.
Start Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Punta Estrella”
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.05036° or 54° 3′ 1″ southLongitude
-37.36005° or 37° 21′ 36″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
39Q4WJXQ+VXOpenStreetMap ID
node 30300396OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
3474098
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