Cardno Point
Cardno Point is a high flat-topped, tussock-covered headland forming the eastern extremity of Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Lieutenant Commander Peter G.N.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gony Point and Roché Peak.
Gony Point
Peak
Gony Point is a high tussock-covered point 0.5 miles southwest of Cardno Point, on the southeast side of Bird Island, South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963.
Roché Peak
Peak
Roché Peak is a conspicuous peak rising to 365 metres, the highest feature on Bird Island, South Georgia. It stands 1.6 kilometres west of the east extremity of the island.
Square Rock
Square Rock is a rock lying 0.3 nautical miles west of Cape Alexandra, at the west end of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1938 British Admiralty chart. This article incorporates public domain material from…Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cordall Stacks and Pyramid Point.
Cordall Stacks
Locality
The Cordall Stacks are two conspicuous rock stacks, the eastern one joined to Bird Island, South Georgia, by a low isthmus, lying on the northwest side of the island 0.3 nautical miles northwest of Jordan Cove.
Pyramid Point
Locality
Elsehul is a bay along the north coast of South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Elsehul is approximately 0.5 miles wide, and is separated from nearby Undine Harbour by the narrow Survey Isthmus.
Pio Point
Locality
Pio Point is a point forming the north side of the entrance to Johnson Cove at the west end of Bird Island, South Georgia. Roughly charted by DI personnel on the Discovery in the period 1926-30 and surveyed by HMS Owen in 1960–61.
Cardno Point
- Type: Cape
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.00246° or 54° 0′ 9″ southLongitude
-38.00929° or 38° 0′ 34″ westOpen location code
39Q3XXXR+27OpenStreetMap ID
node 3384339043OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
10787478Wikidata ID
Q313010
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Cardno Point” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡德諾角”
- German: “Cardno Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cardno Point”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tickell Peak and Hornaday Rock.
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