Suffield Point
Suffield Point is the south-west entrance point of Norma Cove, Fildes Peninsula, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was charted in the course of the Discovery Investigations, 1933–35, and named after boatswain William E.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Profound Lake and Diomedea Island.
Profound Lake
Lake
Profound Lake or Lake Profound is a lake 400 metres northwest of Jasper Point in northeast Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. The feature was named "Ozero Glubokoye" by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition working from Bellingshausen Station from 1968, but both forms of the name are already in use in the Antarctic.
Diomedea Island
Islet
Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Diomedea Island is a small island lying in Ardley Cove, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The Soviet Antarctic Expedition called the feature "Ostrov Al'batros" or "Albatross Island" in 1968, but the English form duplicates a name in the Bay of Isles.
Slalom Lake
Lake
Slalom Lake is a small lake 0.25 nautical miles north of Ardley Cove, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. Located near the Soviet Antarctic Expedition Bellingshausen Station, erected 1968, the lake was named "Ozero Slalomnoye".
Suffield Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Punta Suffield” and “Suffield, punta”
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Suffield Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Suffield”
- Chinese: “蘇菲爾德角”
- Dutch: “Suffield”
- German: “Suffield Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Suffield Point”
- Spanish: “Suffield, Punta”
- Swedish: “Suffield”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Yanshi Wan and Norma Cove.
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