Tilbrook Point
Tilbrook Point is a point in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Tilbrook Point is situated nearby to the locality Corbeta Uruguay base.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cook Island and Twitcher Rock.
Cook Island
Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Cook Island is the central and largest island of the Southern Thule island group, part of the South Sandwich Islands in the far south Atlantic Ocean. Southern Thule was discovered by a British expedition under Captain James Cook in 1775. Cook Island is situated 3½ km east of Tilbrook Point.
Twitcher Rock
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Thule Island, also called Morrell Island, is one of the southernmost of the South Sandwich Islands, part of the grouping known as Southern Thule. It is named, on account of its remote location, after the mythical land of Thule, said by ancient geographers to lie at the extreme end of the Earth. Twitcher Rock is situated 3 km southwest of Tilbrook Point.
Mount Harmer
Peak
Mount Harmer is an ice-covered peak, 1,115 metres high, in the north-central portion of Cook Island, in the South Sandwich Islands. It was charted in 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II, who named it for Sir Sidney F. Mount Harmer is situated 4 km east of Tilbrook Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corbeta Uruguay base.
Corbeta Uruguay base
Locality
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Corbeta Uruguay base was an Argentine military outpost established in November 1976 on Thule Island, Southern Thule, in the South Sandwich Islands. It was vacated and mostly demolished in 1982 following Britain's victory against Argentina in the Falklands War. Corbeta Uruguay base is situated 4 km southwest of Tilbrook Point.
Tilbrook Point
- Type: Point
- Category: landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-59.43333° or 59° 26′ southLongitude
-27.25° or 27° 15′ westOpen location code
39GJHQ82+M2GeoNames ID
10787844
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