Buchanan Point
Buchanan Point is a headland 5 km north-west of Cape Dundas and 2 km south-east of Mackintosh Cove, at the north-eastern end of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica.Buchanan Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland of Antarctica
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-60.69164° or 60° 41′ 30″ south
Longitude
-44.4629° or 44° 27′ 47″ west
Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)
Open location code
38FQ8G5P+8R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Buchanan Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Buchanan Point”
- Chinese: “布坎南角”
- Dutch: “Buchanan Point”
- German: “Buchanan Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Buchanan Point”
- Swedish: “Buchanan Point”
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