Harris Point
Harris Point is a rocky coastal point along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Located 6 nautical miles south of Young Head at the south side of Beaumont Bay, it was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Herman D.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Harris Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: rocky coastal point along Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-81.58333° or 81° 35′ southLongitude
161.53333° or 161° 32′ eastElevation
71 metres (233 feet)Named after
Herman D. HarrisOpen location code
2VC3CG8M+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 11109206676OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
6634575Wikidata ID
Q2606251
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Harris Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Harris Point”
- Chinese: “哈里斯角”
- German: “Harris Point”
- Hebrew: “נקודת האריס”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Harris Point”
- Swedish: “Harris Point (udde i Antarktis)”
- Swedish: “Harris Point”
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