Misnomer Point
Misnomer Point is the ice-free tipped point projecting 400 m westwards from the northwest coast of Alfatar Peninsula, Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the east side of the entrance to Carlota Cove.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland on Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Cornwall Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Triplets, The and Cornwall Island.
Triplets, The
Peak
The Triplets is an ice-free three-pointed hill rising to 160 m at the southwest extremity of Alfatar Peninsula, Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting Coppermine Cove to the northwest, Mitchell Cove to the southeast, and English Strait to the west and south. Triplets, The is situated 2½ km south of Misnomer Point.
Cornwall Island
Islet
Cornwall Island is a low ice-free island off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surface area 15 hectares. Mónica Rock is lying 1.65 km west of the island and 3.4 km north of Passage Rock, 2.84 km east of Table Island and 2 km south of Potmess Rocks. Cornwall Island is situated 3 km northwest of Misnomer Point.
Risopatrón Base
Dwelling
Risopatrón Base, also Luis Risopatrón Base, is a small Chilean Antarctic research base in the northwest of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated on the isthmus linking Coppermine Peninsula to Alfatar Peninsula and bounded by Carlota Cove to the north and Coppermine Cove to the south.
Misnomer Point
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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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”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Captain Arturo Prat and Ficheto Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Carlota Cove and Lautaro, Paso.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Misnomer Point”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.