North Spit
North Spit is a rocky spit forming the north side of the entrance to Marian Cove, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The descriptive name appears on a chart showing the results of a survey by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1935.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buddington Peak and Noel Hill.
Buddington Peak
Peak
Buddington Peak is a peak rising between Collins Harbor and Marian Cove in the southwest part of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for James W.
Noel Hill
Peak
Noel Hill is a conspicuous slate knob, 255 m high, on the Barton Peninsula in the west part of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. The name was used by Scottish geologist David Ferguson in a 1921 report based upon his investigations of King George Island in 1913–14. Noel Hill is situated 4 km east of North Spit.
North Spit
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“North Spit” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “North Spit”
- German: “North Spit”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “North Spit”
- Swedish: “North Spit (udde i Antarktis)”
- Swedish: “North Spit”
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