Gony Point
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.Places of Interest
Highlights: Roché Peak and Gazella Peak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cordall Stacks and Pyramid Point.
Cordall Stacks
Locality
The Cordall Stacks are two conspicuous rock stacks… Cordall Stacks is situated 3 km west of Gony Point.
Pyramid Point
Locality
Elsehul is a bay along the north coast of South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Pyramid Point is situated 4½ km southeast of Gony Point.
Pio Point
Locality
Pio Point is a point forming the north side of the… Pio Point is situated 4½ km southwest of Gony Point.
Gony Point
- Type: Point
- Also known as: “Cliff Point”
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54° or 54° south
Longitude
-38.01667° or 38° 1′ west
Open location code
39R32X2M+28
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Gony Point” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “戈尼角”
- German: “Gony Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gony Point”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bird and Matthews Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Pillar Rock and Fantome Rock.
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