Duff Point
Duff Point is a point on Archar Peninsula forming the western extremity of Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The name Duffs Straits was applied to McFarlane Strait by James Weddell in 1820–23, after Captain Norwich Duff under whom Weddell served in HMS Espoir in 1814.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: Greenwich Island, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Punta Duff”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cave Island and Pisanitsa Island.
Cave Island
Islet
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Cave Island is an island marked by a large cavern in its south side, which is the second largest of the Meade Islands lying in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait, off Archar Peninsula on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Pisanitsa Island
Islet
Pisanitsa Island is the rocky island in the Meade group off Archar Peninsula, the northwest extremity of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 270 m in southwest-northeast direction and 60 m wide.
Greaves Peak
Peak
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Greaves Peak is a conspicuous sharp, dark, double-pointed rocky peak rising to 240 m in the northwest of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ficheto Point.
Ficheto Point
Locality
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Ficheto Point is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Ficheto Point is situated 4½ km southwest of Duff Point.
Duff Point
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Duff Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Duff”
- Chinese: “杜夫角”
- German: “Duff Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Duff Point”
- Spanish: “Duff, punta”
- Swedish: “Duff Point”
- Swedish: “Duff”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Razlog Cove and Archar Peninsula.
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