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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hervé Island and Belding Island.
Hervé Island
Islet
Hervé Island is the mostly ice-covered rocky island…
Belding Island
Island
Belding Island is an island 6 kilometres long, lying… Belding Island is situated 3 km west of Kuno Point.
St. Brigid Island
Island
St. Brigid Island is the ice-covered island 2.7… St. Brigid Island is situated 2½ km southeast of Kuno Point.
Kuno Point
- Cape
- Description: headland of Watkins Island in the Biscoe Islands, Antarctica
- Categories
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-66.39765° or 66° 23′ 52″ south
Longitude
-67.16147° or 67° 9′ 41″ west
Open location code
375JJR2Q+WC
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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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Highlights include Mansilla, Caleta and Yaglou Point.
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