Stinker Point

Stinker Point is a headland 7 km south of Table Bay and 2.2 km northwest of on the west coast of , in the of .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Cape
  • Description: island of Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Punta Hedionda”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sultan Glacier.

Locality
is a flowing south-west into Table Bay, , in the of . It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after HMS Sultan, a shore-based Royal Navy engineering school which provided the refuge hut for the UK Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island, 1970-71.

Stinker Point

Latitude
-61.21765° or 61° 13′ 4″ south
Longitude
-55.37471° or 55° 22′ 29″ west
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
38C6QJJG+W4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3340516556
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
6626083
Wiki­data ID
Q2604979
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Satellite Map

Discover Stinker Point from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Stinker Point” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hedionda”
  • Chinese: “斯廷克角”
  • Dutch: “Hedionda”
  • French: “Pointe Stincker”
  • German: “Stinker Point”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stinker Point”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stinker Point”
  • Norwegian: “Stinker Point”
  • Spanish: “Hedionda, punta”
  • Spanish: “Punta Hedionda”
  • Swedish: “Hedionda”

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