Route Point
Route Point is a rocky point marking the northwest extremity of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered and named by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer during their joint cruise in December 1821.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Susini, Mount and Eillium Island.
Susini, Mount
Peak
Mount Susini is a mountain rising to 370 m at the northwest end of Mackenzie Peninsula, Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Named "Monte Susini" by an Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1957.
Eillium Island
Islet
Eillium Island is a small island 2.2 km north-west of Rumbo Punta, the north-west tip of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was first seen and roughly charted by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer during their joint cruise in 1821. Eillium Island is situated 4 km northwest of Route Point.
Route Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Punta Rumbo”
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Route Point from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Route Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rumbo”
- Chinese: “魯特角”
- Dutch: “Rumbo”
- German: “Punta Rumbo”
- German: “Route Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Route Point”
- Spanish: “Punta Rumbo”
- Spanish: “Rumbo, punta”
- Swedish: “Rumbo”
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