Durán, Punta
Durán, Punta is a cape in Antarctica. Durán, Punta is situated nearby to the hamlet Great Wall, as well as near King Sejong.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Profound Lake and Fildes Peninsula.
Profound Lake
Lake
Profound Lake or Lake Profound is a lake 400 metres northwest of Jasper Point in northeast Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. The feature was named "Ozero Glubokoye" by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition working from Bellingshausen Station from 1968, but both forms of the name are already in use in the Antarctic.
Fildes Peninsula
Protected area
Photo: Arcibel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fildes Peninsula is a 7 km long peninsula that forms the south-western end of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named from association with nearby Fildes Strait by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960; the strait was likely named for Robert Fildes, a British sealer of the 1800s. Fildes Peninsula is situated 2½ km northwest of Durán, Punta.
Davies Heights
Peak
The Davies Heights are an elevated area, roughly elliptical in form and 1 nautical mile long, rising to 150 metres in north-central Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. Davies Heights is situated 3½ km west of Durán, Punta.
Durán, Punta
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Duran, Punta”
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.18333° or 62° 11′ southLongitude
-58.88333° or 58° 53′ westElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
3893R488+MMGeoNames ID
6629649
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