Wallace, Cape
Cape Wallace is the cape marking the northern extremity of Limets Peninsula and the north-west end of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: peninsula in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Cape Wallace”, “Wallace”, and “Wallace, Cabo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prisad Island and Beslen Island.
Prisad Island
Island
Prisad Island is the rocky island off the north coast of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 640 m in southwest–northeast direction and 520 m wide.
Beslen Island
Islet
Beslen Island is the rocky island off the northwest extremity of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 240 m in east-west direction and 90 m wide. The feature is named after the settlement of Beslen in Southwestern Bulgaria.
Dioptra Island
Islet
Dioptra Island is the conspicuous 290 m long in east-west direction and 45 m wide rocky island off the northwest extremity of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands, and separated from Beslen Island on the southeast by a passage narrowing to 21 m at points.
Wallace, Cape
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-63.23546° or 63° 14′ 8″ southLongitude
-62.20262° or 62° 12′ 9″ westOpen location code
378VQQ7W+RXOpenStreetMap ID
node 10261290384OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
6627745Wikidata ID
Q2604417
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wallace, Cape” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wallace”
- Chinese: “華萊士角”
- Dutch: “Wallace”
- German: “Kap Wallace”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Wallace”
- Spanish: “Wallace, cabo”
- Swedish: “Cape Wallace”
- Swedish: “Wallace”
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