Rookery Point

Barff Peninsula is a peninsula forming the east margin of , South Georgia Island. It is 8 miles long and extends northwest from to Barff Point, its farthest extremity.

Places of Interest

Highlights include O’Connor Peak and Mills Peak.

Peak
O'Connor Peak is a mountain peak, 675 m, standing west of Long Point on , South Georgia. Charted by a Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1927–28, and named Mount Bryde.

Peak
is a peak 1 nautical mile southwest of Cape Douglas, rising to 625 metres in the northern portion of , South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1988 for Lieutenant Keith Mills, commander of the Royal Marines platoon at at the Battle of Grytviken between the and , April 3, 1982. is situated 3 km west of Rookery Point.

Rookery Point

Latitude
-54.2654° or 54° 15′ 55″ south
Longitude
-36.31062° or 36° 18′ 38″ west
Open location code
39Q5PMMQ+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9090137408
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
10787726
Wiki­data ID
Q393939
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Rookery Point” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 魯克里角
  • German: Rookery Point
  • Japanese: ルッカリー・ポイント
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Rookery Point

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