Penelope Point

Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of between Cape Barrow and . Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, surgeon on .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Cape
  • Description: Victoria Land, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Cape Penelope”

Penelope Point

Latitude
-71.50375° or 71° 30′ 14″ south
Longitude
169.78192° or 169° 46′ 55″ east
Elevation
81 metres (266 feet)
Open location code
2VWFFQWJ+GQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11109206664
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
6623079
Wiki­data ID
Q2605011
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Penelope Point” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Penelope Point”
  • Chinese: “佩涅羅珀角”
  • German: “Penelope Point”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Penelope Point”
  • Swedish: “Penelope Point”

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