Antarctica

Hoffman Point

Hoffman Point is an ice-covered coastal headland at the south side of the mouth of , where the latter flows into the , Antarctica.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hillary Coast.

Locality
The is a portion of the coast of Antarctica along the western margin of the between and . It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 for Sir Edmund Hillary, the leader of the New Zealand Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956–58.

Hoffman Point

Latitude
-79.32472° or 79° 19′ 29″ south
Longitude
160.56689° or 160° 34′ 1″ east
Elevation
167 metres (548 feet)
Named after
Commander G.L. Hoffman
Open location code
2VG2MHG8+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11109206649
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
6634991
Wiki­data ID
Q5876642
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Satellite Map

Discover Hoffman Point from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hoffman Point” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hoffman Point”
  • Chinese: “霍夫曼角”
  • German: “Hoffman Point”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hoffman Point”
  • Swedish: “Hoffman Point (udde i Antarktis)”
  • Swedish: “Hoffman Point”

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