Illusion Point
Fortuna Bay is a bay 3 miles long and 1 mile wide. Its entrance is defined by Cape Best on the west and Robertson Point to the east, near Atherton Peak on the north coast of South Georgia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Best Peak and Fortuna Peak.
Best Peak
Peak
Best Peak is a peak, 600 metres high, standing southwest of Illusion Point, Fortuna Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.
Fortuna Peak
Peak
Fortuna Peak is a peak, 385 metres high, standing at the east side of Fortuna Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart, and is probably in association with Fortuna Bay.
Atherton Peak
Peak
Atherton Peak is a peak rising to about 500 metres east of Fortuna Bay, South Georgia. It was charted by Discovery Investigations, 1929–30, and named after Noel Atherton, cartographer in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office at the time, later chief Civil Hydrographic Officer, 1951–62. Atherton Peak is situated 3½ km east of Illusion Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leith Harbour.
Leith Harbour
Village
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
Leith Harbour, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, Edinburgh. Leith Harbour is situated 8 km southeast of Illusion Point.
Illusion Point
- Type: Locality
- Category: point
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.10892° or 54° 6′ 32″ southLongitude
-36.80515° or 36° 48′ 19″ westOpen location code
39Q5V5RV+CWOpenStreetMap ID
node 9128777026OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
10787560Wikidata ID
Q335392
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Illusion Point” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “伊盧任角”
- German: “Illusion Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Illusion Point”
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