Skua 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.
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Highlights include O’Connor 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.

Skua Point

Latitude
-54.27057° or 54° 16′ 14″ south
Longitude
-36.29404° or 36° 17′ 39″ west
Open location code
39Q5PPH4+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9090137407
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
10787768
Wiki­data ID
Q393616
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Skua Point” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 斯丘厄角
  • German: Skua Point
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Skua 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 “Skua Point”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.