Carbon Point
Carbon Point is a headland just northwest of Clapmatch Point, near the southwest corner of Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands. The name derives from Punta Carbón used in Argentine hydrographic publications as early as 1953.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Andromeda and Mount Perseus.
Mount Andromeda
Peak
Mount Andromeda is, at 550 metres, the higher and more southerly of the twin ice domes, this one marking the summit of Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands.
Mount Perseus
Peak
Mount Perseus is the lower and more northerly of twin ice domes in the east part of Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 in association with nearby Mount Andromeda.
Medusa Pool
Pond
Medusa Pool is a tidal lagoon that occupies the west side of the central lowlands of Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands. The name, given by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971, is associated in classical mythology with the geomorphologically similar Gorgon Pool nearby, Medusa being one of the gorgons.
Carbon Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: point in Argentina
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-57.10736° or 57° 6′ 27″ southLongitude
-26.72877° or 26° 43′ 44″ westOpen location code
39JMV7VC+3FOpenStreetMap ID
node 12241213272OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
10787476Wikidata ID
Q393555
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Carbon Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Punta Carbón”
- Chinese: “碳角”
- German: “Carbon Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carbon Point”
- Spanish: “Punta Carbon”
- Spanish: “Punta Carbón”
- Swedish: “Punta Carbón”
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