Cleft Point
Cleft Point is a headland on the east side of Norway Bight on the south coast of Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands. The point marks the western extremity of an island which is separated from Coronation Island by a narrow channel, but it was mapped by Discovery Investigations in 1933 as a point on Coronation Island itself.- Cape
- …lies at an elevation of 8 metres (26 feet)
- …is also known as “Islote Grieta”
Cleft Point
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-60.616° or 60° 36′ 58″ south
Longitude
-45.766° or 45° 45′ 58″ west
Open location code
38FP96MM+JJ
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cleft Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Grieta”
- Chinese: “克萊弗特角”
- Dutch: “Grieta”
- German: “Cleft Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cleft Point”
- Spanish: “Grieta, islote”
- Spanish: “Islote Grieta”
- Swedish: “Grieta”
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