Blacksand Beach
Cape Royds is a dark rock cape forming the western extremity of Ross Island, facing on McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition and named for Lieutenant Charles Royds, Royal Navy, who acted as meteorologist on the expedition.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Black Beach” and “Sandy Beach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Coast Lake and Clear Lake.
Coast Lake
Lake
Cape Royds is a dark rock cape forming the western extremity of Ross Island, facing on McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition and named for Lieutenant Charles Royds, Royal Navy, who acted as meteorologist on the expedition.
Clear Lake
Lake
Cape Royds is a dark rock cape forming the western extremity of Ross Island, facing on McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition and named for Lieutenant Charles Royds, Royal Navy, who acted as meteorologist on the expedition.
Green Lake
Lake
Cape Royds is a dark rock cape forming the western extremity of Ross Island, facing on McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition and named for Lieutenant Charles Royds, Royal Navy, who acted as meteorologist on the expedition.
Blacksand Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.54509° or 77° 32′ 42″ southLongitude
166.14378° or 166° 8′ 38″ eastOpen location code
2VJ8F43V+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 11661677611OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachGeoNames ID
6626173Wikidata ID
Q2913026
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Blacksand Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Blacksand Beach”
- German: “Blacksand Beach”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blacksand Beach”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blacksand Beach”
- Swedish: “Blacksand Beach”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include High Peak and Blue Lake.
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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 “Blacksand Beach”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.