Duthoit Point
Duthoit Point is a point which forms the eastern tip of Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The point appears on charts dating back to 1822. It was recharted by Discovery Investigations, 1934–35, and named after Arthur Duthoit, a draftsman in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office at the time.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Burney Peak and Pig Rock.
Burney Peak
Peak
Burney Peak is a peak rising west of Duthoit Point in the eastern part of Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 for Captain Burney, Master of the British sealing vessel Nelson, probably from London, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820–23.
Pig Rock
Peak
Pig Rock is a rock, 65 m high, the largest of a group of rocks lying 1.9 kilometres east of the east end of Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Duthoit Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Duthoit” and “Duthoit, punta”
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Duthoit Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Duthoit”
- Chinese: “迪圖瓦角”
- Dutch: “Duthoit”
- German: “Duthoit Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Duthoit Point”
- Spanish: “Duthoit, Punta”
- Swedish: “Duthoit Point”
- Swedish: “Duthoit”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Burney Point and Pig Rock.
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