Gallows Point
Gallows Point is the northernmost of two low, parallel points which mark the extremity of Gamma Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The name was probably given by Discovery Investigations personnel who roughly surveyed the point in 1927.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland
- Also known as: “Gallows, punta” and “Punta Gallows”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gamma Island and Melchior.
Gamma Island
Island
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Gamma Island is an island, 1.6 kilometres long, which marks the southwestern extremity of the Melchior Islands in the Palmer Archipelago. This island was first roughly charted and named "Ile Gouts" by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, but that name has not survived in usage.
Melchior
Dwelling
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
Melchior Base is an Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station. It is located on Gamma Island, Melchior Islands, Dallmann Bay, in Palmer Archipelago on Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctic Peninsula.
Alpha Island
Islet
Alpha Island, also known as Isla Huidobro, is a small island lying between Epsilon Island and Delta Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago.
Gallows Point
- Categories: headland, peninsula, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Gallows Point” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نقطة المشنقة”
- Arabic: “نقطة قالوز”
- Cebuano: “Gallows”
- Dutch: “Gallows”
- German: “Gallows Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gallows Point”
- Spanish: “Gallows, Punta”
- Spanish: “Punta Gallows”
- Swedish: “Gallows”
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