Goldcrest Point
Goldcrest Point is the northwest point of Bird Island, South Georgia, with Payne Creek just south of it. It was charted by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery in the period 1926–30 and by the South Georgia Survey, 1951–57.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stejneger Peak and Molly Hill.
Stejneger Peak
Peak
Stejneger Peak is a conspicuous rocky peak, 190 m, at the head of Evermann Cove on Bird Island, South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Biological Expedition, 1958–59.
Molly Hill
Peak
Molly Hill is a hill between Evermann Cove and Johnson Cove on western Bird Island, South Georgia, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. The name derives from the black-browed albatross or "mollymawk" which breeds on the hill in large numbers.
Elliott Rock
Elliott Rock is a rock lying in Stewart Strait, close west of Bird Island, off the west end of South Georgia. It was positioned by Discovery Investigations personnel under Lieutenant Commander J.M.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cordall Stacks and Pio 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.
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.
Heron Passage
Locality
The Willis Islands are a small archipelago to the west of South Georgia Island in the South Georgia Islands. They are 2 miles west of Bird Island, separated by the Stewart Strait.
Goldcrest Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: geographical feature in Antarctica
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.00774° or 54° 0′ 28″ southLongitude
-38.07645° or 38° 4′ 35″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
39Q3XWRF+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3384379035OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Goldcrest Point” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “戈爾德克雷斯特角”
- German: “Goldcrest Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Goldcrest Point”
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