Belsham, Cape
Cape Belsham is a prominent cape 0.9 km west of Point Wild on the north coast of Elephant Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The name dates back to about 1822 and is well established in international usage.- Type: Cape
- Description: Cape in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Belsham” and “Cape Belsham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gnomon Island.
Gnomon Island
Islet
Gnomon Island is a small rocky island lying just north of Point Wild, on Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted by Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition, 1914–1916, and so named by them because when viewed from Point Wild the shape of the feature is suggestive of a gnomon, the elevated arm of a sundial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wild, Point.
Wild, Point
Locality
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Point Wild is a point 11 kilometers west of Cape Valentine on the North coast of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands. It lies 2 kilometres east of Saddleback Point, and directly adjacent to the Furness Glacier.
Belsham, Cape
- Categories: headland, peninsula, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-61.09488° or 61° 5′ 42″ southLongitude
-54.8834° or 54° 53′ 0″ westOpen location code
38C7W448+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 2325472457OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
6623549Wikidata ID
Q2604793
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Belsham, Cape” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Belsham”
- Chinese: “貝爾舍姆角”
- French: “Pointe Belsham”
- German: “Kap Belsham”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Belsham”
- Spanish: “Belsham, Cabo”
- Swedish: “Belsham”
- Swedish: “Cape Belsham”
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