Hennequin, Point
Point Hennequin is a point forming the eastern side of the entrance to Martel Inlet and Mackellar Inlet, on the east side of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: geographic place
- Also known as: “Hennequin, punta” and “Point Hennequin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wawel Hill.
Wawel Hill
Peak
Wawel Hill is a hill rising to 290 m north of Point Hennequin, on the east side of Admiralty Bay, King George Island. Named "Gora Wawel" in 1980 by the Polish Antarctic Expedition after a hill by this name in Kraków, historic site of the castle of the Polish kings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
Hamlet
The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, who visited Antarctica many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program.
Hennequin, Point
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.12596° or 62° 7′ 34″ southLongitude
-58.39783° or 58° 23′ 52″ westElevation
153 metres (502 feet)Open location code
3893VJF2+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 8289981700OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Hennequin, Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hennequin”
- Chinese: “埃內坎角”
- German: “Point Hennequin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Point Hennequin”
- Spanish: “Hennequin, Punta”
- Spanish: “Punta Hennequin”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Station G and Wróbel Valley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bell Zygmunt and Warkocz.
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