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.- Beach
- Description: beach in Antarctica
- Historically known as“Black Beach”“Sandy Beach”
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Cape Royds is a dark rock cape forming the western…
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Blacksand Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.54509° or 77° 32′ 42″ south
Longitude
166.14378° or 166° 8′ 38″ east
Open location code
2VJ8F43V+XG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = beach
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Blacksand Beach” goes by many names.
Blacksand BeachCebuano
Blacksand BeachNorwegian Bokmål
Blacksand BeachNorwegian Nynorsk
Blacksand BeachSwedish
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