Mamelon Point
Mamelon Point is a point 11 nautical miles east-northeast of Cape Northrop on the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. The feature was charted as an island by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1947 and given the name "Mamelon Island" because of its resemblance to a mamelon, a small, rounded hill or fort.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: Graham Land, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Mamelon, punta”, “Punta Mamelon”, and “Punta Mamelón”
Mamelon Point
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mamelon Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mamelón”
- Chinese: “馬梅隆角”
- Dutch: “Mamelón”
- German: “Mamelon Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mamelon Point”
- Spanish: “Escudero, Islote”
- Spanish: “Mamelón, punta”
- Spanish: “Punta Mamelon”
- Spanish: “Punta Mamelón”
- Swedish: “Mamelon Point”
- Swedish: “Mamelón”
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