South Point

South Point is a point 1.75 nautical miles southwest of Entrance Point, marking the southernmost point of , in the .
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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: point on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands
  • Also known as: South Point (Deception Island)

Places of Interest

Highlights include Låvebrua Island and Kirkwood, Mount.

Islet
is an island, 95 metres high, lying 1.3 kilometres east of South Point, , in the off Antarctica.

Peak
Mount Kirkwood is a mountain, 460 m, standing 3 nautical miles west of Entrance Point in the south part of , in the .

Peak
is a rocky, ice-free hill with steeply cliffed sides, 140 metres high, surmounting the peninsula between and on the southeast side of , in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.

Locality
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at in Deception Island in the , inaugurated in 1955.

South Point

Latitude
-63.02038° or 63° 1′ 13″ south
Longitude
-60.60578° or 60° 36′ 21″ west
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
378XX9HV+RM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10262638025
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
6625764
Wiki­data ID
Q15278719
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“South Point” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Sur
  • Chinese: 南角
  • Dutch: Sur
  • German: South Point
  • Spanish: Punta Sur
  • Spanish: Sur, Punta
  • Swedish: Sur

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “South Point”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.