Exotic Point
Exotic Point, on the southwest side of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica, is an entrance point to Geographers Cove from the southwest. The name translates "Mys Ekzoticheskiy", the Russian name applied in 1968 by geologists from the Soviet Antarctic Expedition.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Weeks Stack and Horatio Stump.
Weeks Stack
Peak
Weeks Stack is a sea stack lying off the north tip of Nelson Island in the northern approach to Fildes Strait, in the South Shetland Islands. Situated 635 m north-northeast of Cariz Point.
Horatio Stump
Peak
Horatio Stump is a flat-topped hill, 165 metres high, lying immediately east of Flat Top Peninsula at the southwest end of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport is on King George Island, part of Chile's Antártica commune in Antarctica, and is the northernmost airport in the continent. Teniente R. Marsh Airport is situated 4 km northeast of Exotic Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villa Las Estrellas.
Villa Las Estrellas
Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villa Las Estrellas is a Chilean civilian settlement on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula. It consists of some dozen prefabs but is a vital service hub for all the bases on the island.
Exotic Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Cabo Eusebio” and “Cabo Sarratea”
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Exotic Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sarratea”
- Chinese: “伊格佐蒂克角”
- Dutch: “Sarratea”
- German: “Exotic Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Exotic Point”
- Spanish: “Eusebio, Cabo”
- Spanish: “Sarratea, cabo”
- Swedish: “Sarratea”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Eco Nelson and Bellingshausen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Geographers Cove and Geographers Island.
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