Rip Point
Rip Point is a point on Nelson Island forming the south side of the east entrance to Fildes Strait, in the South Shetland Islands. The name appears on a British Admiralty 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 Refuge Astronomer Cruls and Two Summit Island.
Refuge Astronomer Cruls
Dwelling
Refuge Astronomer Cruls is a Brazilian Antarctic summer facility named after astronomer Luis Cruls who set up an expedition in 1882 to Punta Arenas in order to observe the passage of Venus across the disk of the Sun.
Two Summit Island
Islet
Two Summit Island is a small island marked by two prominent summits, lying at the east entrance to Fildes Strait in the South Shetland Islands. It was named initially named Two Hummock Island by DI personnel following their survey in 1935, but this name has been rejected because of probable confusion with Two Hummock Island in the north entrance to Gerlache Strait.
Eco-Nelson
Dwelling
Photo: Grýn McSkalpeel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
CZ*ECO Nelson, also known as ECO Nelson to 2018 or Nelson Structures according to the ATS, is an Antarctic station on Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villa Las Estrellas.
Villa Las Estrellas
Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villa Las Estrellas is a Chilean civilian settlement on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula. It consists of some dozen prefabs but is a vital service hub for all the bases on the island.
Rip Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: a point on Nelson Island of Antartica
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Rip Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rip Point”
- Chinese: “里普角”
- Dutch: “Rip Point”
- German: “Rip Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rip Point”
- Spanish: “Rip, Punta”
- Swedish: “Rip Point”
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Localities in the Area
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