Swyers Point
The Brown Peninsula is a nearly ice-free peninsula, 10 nautical miles long and 4 nautical miles wide, which rises above the Ross Ice Shelf northward of Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a low isthmus.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dreary Isthmus.
Dreary Isthmus
Locality
The Brown Peninsula is a nearly ice-free peninsula, 10 nautical miles long and 4 nautical miles wide, which rises above the Ross Ice Shelf northward of Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a low isthmus.
Swyers Point
- Type: Cape
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-78.16302° or 78° 9′ 47″ southLongitude
165.15138° or 165° 9′ 5″ eastNamed after
Lieutenant Commander H.M. SwyersOpen location code
2VH7R5P2+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 11109206651OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Swyers Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Swyers Point”
- Chinese: “斯維耶斯角”
- Dutch: “Swyers Point”
- German: “Swyers Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Swyers Point”
- Swedish: “Swyers Point”
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