Bluff Point

Right Whale Bay is a bay 1.5 miles wide, entered between Craigie Point and Nameless Point along the north coast of South Georgia Island. The bay is named for the southern right whales found in the area.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Comer Crag.

Peak
is a crag, 635 metres high, standing 1 nautical mile north of the head of in the western part of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Captain George Comer of , who made his first sealing visit to South Georgia in the topsail schooner Era in 1885.

Bluff Point

Latitude
-54.01667° or 54° 1′ south
Longitude
-37.66667° or 37° 40′ west
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
39Q4X8MM+88
Geo­Names ID
10787449
Wiki­data ID
Q393510
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Bluff Point” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 布拉夫角
  • German: Bluff Point
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Bluff Point i Sør-Georgia

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