South East Point

South East Point is a point 1.9 km east-north-east of Fildes Point, marking the south-eastern point of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.

Type: Cape
Description: headland of the South Shetland Islands
Also known as: “Punta Sudeste”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Neptunes Window and Cathedral Crags.

Neptunes Window

Mountain saddle

Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Neptune's Window is a narrow gap between two rock pillars, situated close east of Whalers Bay on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.

Cathedral Crags

Peak

Cathedral Crags is a rocky, ice-free hill with steeply cliffed sides, 140 metres high, surmounting the peninsula between Neptune's Window and Fildes Point on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.

Ronald Hill

Peak

Ronald Hill is a rocky, ice-free hill, 105 m in height, standing north of Kroner Lake on Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.

Aguirre Cerda Research Station

Locality

Photo: Jorval, Public domain.

President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at Pendulum Cove in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, inaugurated in 1955.

South East Point

Latitude

-62.9867° or 62° 59′ 12″ south

Longitude

-60.51735° or 60° 31′ 2″ west

Open location code

379X2F7M+83

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10262638026

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

6625760

Wikidata ID

Q15278677

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“South East Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Sudeste”
Chinese: “東南角”
Dutch: “Sudeste”
German: “South East Point”
Spanish: “Sudeste, punta”
Spanish: “Sur Este, Punta”
Swedish: “South East Point”
Swedish: “Sudeste”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Whaler’s Bay dormitory and Station P.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Neptune’s Window and Ravn Rock.

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