Salamander Point
Salamander Point is the northern point of Bellingshausen Island, South Sandwich Islands. This feature was named North Point during the survey of the island from RRS Discovery II in 1930, but the name was changed by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 to avoid duplication.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: Bellingshausen Island, South Sandwich Islands
- Also known as: “North Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bellingshausen Island and Basilisk Peak.
Bellingshausen Island
Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Bellingshausen Island is one of the most southerly islands of the South Sandwich Islands, close to Thule Island and Cook Island, and forming part of the Southern Thule group.
Basilisk Peak
Peak
Basilisk Peak is, at 255 metres, the highest peak marking the crater rim of Bellingshausen Island, South Sandwich Islands. The name as applied by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 "marks the aura of this savage cliff which falls abruptly into a deep and steaming crater where the basilisk of legend might properly have his den."…
Salamander Point
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-59.40424° or 59° 24′ 15″ southLongitude
-27.08048° or 27° 4′ 50″ westElevation
55 metres (180 feet)Open location code
39GJHWW9+8ROpenStreetMap ID
node 6696264006OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Salamander Point” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “薩拉曼德角”
- German: “Salamander Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salamander Point”
- Spanish: “Punta Norte”
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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 “Salamander Point”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.