Fildes Point
Fildes Point is a point which forms the north side of Neptunes Bellows, the entrance to Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: point in South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Punta Balcarce”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Neptunes Window and Ravn Rock.
Neptunes Window
Mountain saddle
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Neptune's Window is a narrow gap between two rock pillars, situated close east of Whalers Bay on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Ravn Rock
Ravn Rock is a submerged rock lying in the center of Neptunes Bellows, the entrance to Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10.Cathedral Crags
Peak
Cathedral Crags is a rocky, ice-free hill with steeply cliffed sides, 140 metres high, surmounting the peninsula between Neptune's Window and Fildes Point on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.
Aguirre Cerda Research Station
Locality
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at Pendulum Cove in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, inaugurated in 1955.
Fildes Point
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.99204° or 62° 59′ 31″ southLongitude
-60.5584° or 60° 33′ 30″ westOpen location code
379X2C5R+5JOpenStreetMap ID
node 10262638022OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
6633085Wikidata ID
Q2604596
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Fildes Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Balcarce”
- Chinese: “菲爾德斯角”
- Dutch: “Balcarce”
- German: “Fildes Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fildes Point”
- Spanish: “Balcarce, punta”
- Spanish: “Fildes, Punta”
- Spanish: “Punta Balcarce”
- Spanish: “Punta Fildes”
- Swedish: “Balcarce”
- Swedish: “Fildes Point”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Neptune’s Window and ASPA-140A Collins Point.
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