South-west Point
South-west Point is a cape in Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkwood, Mount and New Rock.
Kirkwood, Mount
Peak
Mount Kirkwood is a mountain, 460 m, standing 3 nautical miles west of Entrance Point in the south part of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
New Rock
Island
New Rock is a rock, 105 m high, lying 1.4 kilometres off the southwest coast of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name of the rock derives from its relatively recent charting in about 1929. New Rock is situated 3 km west of South-west Point.
Crater Lake
Lake
Crater Lake is a volcanic crater, now filled with water, lying north-west of Mount Kirkwood on the south side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. Crater Lake is situated 3½ km north of South-west Point.
South-west Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-63.01667° or 63° 1′ southLongitude
-60.675° or 60° 40′ 30″ westOpen location code
378XX8MG+82GeoNames ID
6629033
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