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.- Cape
- …lies at an elevation of around 240 metres (780 feet)
- …is named after Robert C Wood
- Description: point in Antarctica
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.42216° or 77° 25′ 20″ south
Longitude
168.9638° or 168° 57′ 50″ east
Open location code
2VJCHXH7+4G
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wood Point” goes by many names.
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