Purdy Point

Purdy Point is a point 1.5 nautical miles east-southeast of on the north coast of , in the . First seen in December 1821 in the course of a joint cruise by Captain George Powell, British sealer, and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, American sealer, and roughly shown on Powell's chart.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Cape
  • Description: point in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Punta Purdy”

Purdy Point

Latitude
-60.533° or 60° 31′ 59″ south
Longitude
-45.45° or 45° 27′ west
Open location code
38FPFH82+Q2
Geo­Names ID
6623716
Wiki­data ID
Q488187
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Purdy Point” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Purdy”
  • Chinese: “珀迪角”
  • Dutch: “Purdy”
  • German: “Purdy Point”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Purdy Point”
  • Spanish: “Punta Purdy”
  • Spanish: “Purdy, punta”
  • Swedish: “Purdy Point”
  • Swedish: “Purdy”

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