Misnomer Point

Misnomer Point is the ice-free tipped point projecting 400 m westwards from the northwest coast of , Robert Island in the , and forming the east side of the entrance to .
Wikipedia
  • Cape
  • …is also known as “Cornwall Point”
  • Description: headland on Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Places of Interest

Highlights include Triplets, The and Cornwall Island.
The Triplets is an ice-free three-pointed hill rising… is situated 2½ km south of Misnomer Point.
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Misnomer Point

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Latitude
-62.36592° or 62° 21′ 57″ south
Longitude
-59.6881° or 59° 41′ 17″ west
Open location code
3892J8M6+JQ
Geo­Names ID
6638206
Wiki­data ID
Q6875861

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Misnomer Point” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Misnomer burnu”
  • Cebuano: “Cornwall (punta)”
  • Cebuano: “Cornwall”
  • Chinese: “米斯諾默角”
  • Dutch: “Cornwall”
  • German: “Misnomer Point”
  • Hebrew: “נקודת מיסנומר”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Misnomer Point”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Misnomer Point”
  • Norwegian: “Misnomer Point”
  • Spanish: “Cornejo, Punta”
  • Spanish: “Cornwall, punta”
  • Swedish: “Cornwall (udde)”
  • Swedish: “Misnomer Point”

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