Moreton Point
Moreton Point is a point 1 nautical mile north of Return Point at the western end of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. It was roughly charted by Captains George Powell and Nathaniel Palmer in 1821, and was named by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II who charted the islands in 1933.
- Cape
- …is also known as “Punta Moreton”
- Description: headland of Antarctica
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Moreton Point
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-60.616° or 60° 36′ 58″ south
Longitude
-46.033° or 46° 1′ 59″ west
Open location code
38FM9XM8+JQ
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Moreton Point” goes by many names.
MoretonCebuano
摩頓角Chinese
MoretonDutch
Moreton PointNorwegian Nynorsk
MoretonSwedish
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