Islands Point
Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of Victoria Land between Cape Barrow and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, surgeon on HMS Terror.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sphinx Rock.
Sphinx Rock
Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of Victoria Land between Cape Barrow and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, surgeon on HMS Terror.Islands Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: rock point in Victoria Land, Antarctica
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-71.46507° or 71° 27′ 54″ south
Longitude
169.50207° or 169° 30′ 8″ east
Elevation
411 metres (1,348 feet)
Open location code
2VWFGGM2+XR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
Discover Islands Point from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Islands Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Islands Point”
- Chinese: “艾蘭斯角”
- Dutch: “Islands Point”
- German: “Islands Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Islands Point”
- Swedish: “Islands Point”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Terrace and Borchgrevink’s Hut.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ommanney Glacier and Nielson Glacier.
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