Neptunes Window
Neptune's Window is a narrow gap between two rock pillars, situated close east of Whalers Bay on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mountain saddle
- Description: rock formation
- Also known as: “Neptune’s Window”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cathedral Crags and Ravn Rock.
Cathedral Crags
Peak
Cathedral Crags is a rocky, ice-free hill with steeply cliffed sides, 140 metres high, surmounting the peninsula between Neptune's Window and Fildes Point on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Ravn Rock
Ravn Rock is a submerged rock lying in the center of Neptunes Bellows, the entrance to Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10.Ronald Hill
Peak
Ronald Hill is a rocky, ice-free hill, 105 m in height, standing north of Kroner Lake on Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.
Aguirre Cerda Research Station
Locality
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at Pendulum Cove in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, inaugurated in 1955.
Neptunes Window
- Categories: mountain pass, disputed territory, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.988° or 62° 59′ 17″ southLongitude
-60.54886° or 60° 32′ 56″ westOpen location code
379X2F62+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 10262638021OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleGeoNames ID
6622166Wikidata ID
Q6995613
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Neptunes Window” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ventana de Neptuno”
- German: “Neptunes Window”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Neptune’s Window”
- Spanish: “Ventana de Neptuno, caleta”
- Spanish: “Ventana de Neptuno”
- Swedish: “Ventana de Neptuno”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Neptune’s Window and Blubber tank.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Neptunes Window”. Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.