Keys Point
Mount Bird is a 1,765 metres high shield volcano standing about 7 nautical miles south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird.Places of Interest
Highlights include McDonald Beach and Waipuke Beach.
McDonald Beach
Beach
McDonald Beach is an extensive beach lying west of Inclusion Hill and 6 nautical miles southwest of Cape Bird on Ross Island, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59, after Captain Edwin A.
Waipuke Beach
Beach
Mount Bird is a 1,765 metres high shield volcano standing about 7 nautical miles south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird.
Inclusion Hill
Peak
Mount Bird is a 1,765 metres high shield volcano standing about 7 nautical miles south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird.
Keys Point
- Type: Cape
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.24201° or 77° 14′ 31″ southLongitude
166.36467° or 166° 21′ 53″ eastNamed after
J. R. KeysOpen location code
2VJ8Q957+5VOpenStreetMap ID
node 11109206609OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Keys Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Keys Point”
- Chinese: “基斯角”
- German: “Keys Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Keys Point”
- Swedish: “Keys Point”
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