Islands
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands

Jock Point

The Bay of Isles is a bay 9 miles wide and 3 miles deep, lying between and along the north coast of South Georgia. It was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook and so named by him because numerous islands lie in the bay.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salisbury Plain.

Locality
Photo: Pismire, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a broad coastal plain found with the on the north coast of South Georgia. It lies between the mouths of and Lucas on the southern coast of the bay, with south of it. is situated 8 km east of Jock Point.

Jock Point

Latitude
-54.0463° or 54° 2′ 47″ south
Longitude
-37.45° or 37° 27′ west
Open location code
39Q4XH32+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9130863933
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
10787566
Wiki­data ID
Q335463
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Satellite Map

Discover Jock Point from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Jock Point” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “喬克角”
  • German: “Jock Point”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jock Point”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jock Point”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.