Morrell Point

Morrell Point' is the northernmost point on the west coast of in the South Sandwich Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 for Benjamin Morrell, a sealer of , who visited the island in the Wasp in 1823.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Thule Island and Mount Larsen.

Island
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, also called Morrell Island, is one…

Volcano
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is a mountain, 710 metres high, situated…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corbeta Uruguay base.

Locality
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was an Argentine military outpost…

Morrell Point

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Latitude
-59.43183° or 59° 25′ 55″ south
Longitude
-27.40831° or 27° 24′ 30″ west
Open location code
39GJHH9R+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12241339942
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
10787614
Wiki­data ID
Q376318

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Swedish—“Morrell Point” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Morrell Point”
  • Cebuano: “Punta Morrell”
  • Chinese: “莫雷爾角”
  • French: “Morrell Point”
  • German: “Morrell Point”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Morrell Point”
  • Spanish: “Punta Morrell”
  • Swedish: “Punta Morrell”

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