Wood Point
Cape Crozier is the most easterly point of Ross Island in Antarctica. It was discovered in 1841 during James Clark Ross's polar expedition of 1839 to 1843 with HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and was named after Commander Francis Crozier, captain of HMS Terror, one of the two ships of Ross' expedition.Wood Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: point in Antarctica
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.42216° or 77° 25′ 20″ south
Longitude
168.9638° or 168° 57′ 50″ east
Elevation
237 metres (778 feet)
Named after
Robert C Wood
Open location code
2VJCHXH7+4G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wood Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wood Point”
- Dutch: “Wood Point”
- German: “Wood Point (Ross-Insel)”
- German: “Wood Point”
- Swedish: “Wood Point”
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