Jasper Point
Jasper Point is the northeastern entrance point to Norma Cove, Fildes Peninsula, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. The point is bounded by cliffs of black and buff rocks, in which occur veins of red and green jasper.Places of Interest
Highlights include Profound Lake and Holy Trinity Church.
Profound Lake
Lake
Profound Lake or Lake Profound is a lake 400 metres northwest of Jasper Point in northeast Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. The feature was named "Ozero Glubokoye" by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition working from Bellingshausen Station from 1968, but both forms of the name were already in use in Antarctica.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Photo: ArJuna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holy Trinity Church is a small Russian Orthodox church on King George Island near Bellingshausen Station, a Russian research station in Antarctica. It is one of the eight churches on Antarctica and the southernmost Eastern Orthodox church in the world. Holy Trinity Church is situated 3 km west of Jasper Point.
Davies Heights
Peak
The Davies Heights are an elevated area, roughly elliptical in form and 1 nautical mile long, rising to 150 metres in north-central Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. Davies Heights is situated 2½ km west of Jasper Point.
Jasper Point
- Type: Cape
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Jasper Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jasper Point”
- Chinese: “賈斯珀角”
- Dutch: “Jasper Point”
- German: “Jasper Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jasper Point”
- Swedish: “Jasper Point”
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