Winship Point
Winship Point is a point at the west side of the entrance to Potter Cove, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Jonathan Winship, master of the ship O'Cain in 1820–21, operating from Potter Cove.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Noel Hill and Three Brothers Hill.
Noel Hill
Peak
Noel Hill is a conspicuous slate knob, 255 m high, on the Barton Peninsula in the west part of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. The name was used by Scottish geologist David Ferguson in a 1921 report based upon his investigations of King George Island in 1913–14.
Three Brothers Hill
Peak
Three Brothers Hill is a conspicuous hill, 210 m, which is the remnant neck of an extinct volcano situated at the east side of Potter Cove, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Three Brothers Hill is situated 3 km east of Winship Point.
Emm Rock
Islet
Emm Rock is a conspicuous rock 30 metres high, lying 0.5 nautical miles off the south coast of King George Island at the east side of the entrance to Potter Cove, in the South Shetland Islands. Emm Rock is situated 3 km southeast of Winship Point.
Winship Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Punta Winship”
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Winship Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Winship”
- Chinese: “溫什普角”
- Dutch: “Winship”
- German: “Winship Point”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Winship Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Winship Point”
- Norwegian: “Winship Point”
- Spanish: “Punta Winship”
- Spanish: “Winship, punta”
- Swedish: “Winship”
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