Antarctica

Wild, Point

Point Wild is a point 11 km west of , 2 km east of Saddleback Point, and directly adjacent to the on the north coast of .
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  • Type: Locality with 20 residents
  • Description: point on Elephant Island
  • Also known as: “Point Wild”, “Punta Wild”, “Wild Point”, and “Wild, cabo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gnomon Island.

Islet
is a small rocky island lying just north of Point Wild, on in the . It was charted by Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition, 1914–1916, and so named by them because when viewed from Point Wild the shape of the feature is suggestive of a gnomon, the elevated arm of a sundial.

Wild, Point

Latitude
-61.09859° or 61° 5′ 55″ south
Longitude
-54.86137° or 54° 51′ 41″ west
Population
20
Elevation
153 metres (502 feet)
Open location code
38C7W42Q+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4357253277
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
6628099
Wiki­data ID
Q2605077
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Satellite Map

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

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wild, Point” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wild”
  • Chinese: “懷爾德角”
  • Dutch: “Wild”
  • German: “Point Wild”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Point Wild”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Wild”
  • Spanish: “Punta Wild”
  • Swedish: “Point Wild”
  • Swedish: “Wild”

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