Kuno Point
Kuno Point is the southwestern extremity of Watkins Island in the Biscoe Islands, Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Yasau Kuno, a Japanese physiologist who has specialized in the study of human sweating and its effect as a temperature regulator.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hervé Island and Belding Island.
Hervé Island
Islet
Hervé Island is the mostly ice-covered rocky island in the Barcroft group of Biscoe Islands in Antarctica 900 m long in south-southwest to north-northeast direction and 290 m wide.
Belding Island
Island
Belding Island is an island 6 kilometres long, lying west of the south end of Watkins Island, Biscoe Islands. It was mapped from air photos taken by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Harwood S. Belding Island is situated 3 km west of Kuno Point.
St. Brigid Island
Island
St. Brigid Island is the ice-covered island 2.7 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 1.4 km wide, largest in the Barcroft group of Biscoe Islands. Its surface area is 222 ha. It is named after St. Brigid of Kildare, the patron saint of scholars. St. Brigid Island is situated 2½ km southeast of Kuno Point.
Kuno Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland of Watkins Island in the Biscoe Islands, Antarctica
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kuno Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kuno Point”
- Chinese: “久野岬”
- Chinese: “庫諾角”
- German: “Kuno Point”
- Japanese: “久野岬”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kuno Point”
- Swedish: “Kuno Point”
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