Gam Point
Gam Point is a rocky point on the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands, about 2 nautical miles southeast of False Round Point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland on King George Island
- Also known as: “Gam” and “Punta Gam”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pyrites Island.
Pyrites Island
Islet
Pyrites Island is the largest of three small islands lying northeast of Gam Point and forming the east side of Esther Harbor, off the north coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Gam Point
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Gam Point from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Turkish—“Gam Point” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Gam”
- Cebuano: “Gam”
- Chinese: “加姆角”
- Czech: “Gam”
- Danish: “Gam”
- Dutch: “Gam”
- Finnish: “Gam”
- French: “Gam”
- German: “Gam Point”
- German: “Gam”
- German: “Punta Gam”
- Italian: “Gam”
- Latvian: “Gam”
- Lithuanian: “Gam”
- Low German: “Gam”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gam Point”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gam”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gam Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gam”
- Norwegian: “Gam Point”
- Polish: “Gam”
- Portuguese: “Gam”
- Spanish: “Gam, punta”
- Spanish: “Gam”
- Swedish: “Gam”
- Swiss German: “Gam”
- Turkish: “Gam”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Comandante Ferraz and GARS-O’Higgins.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bolinder Bluff and False Round Point.
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