Oil Barrel Point
Oil Barrel Point is a locality in Heard Island and McDonald Islands. Oil Barrel Point is situated nearby to the locality Elephant Spit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elephant Spit and Cape Lockyer.
Elephant Spit
Locality
Elephant Spit is a 9 km long sand spit at the eastern end of subantarctic Heard Island, in the Australian territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, lying in the Southern Ocean on the Kerguelen Plateau about 450 km south-east of the Kerguelen Islands. Elephant Spit is situated 6 km east of Oil Barrel Point.
Cape Lockyer
Locality
Cape Lockyer is a steep rock headland 1.5 nautical miles northeast of Lambeth Bluff on the southeast side of Heard Island. It was surveyed in 1948 by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and named by them for Lieutenant H.C.J. Cape Lockyer is situated 9 km southwest of Oil Barrel Point.
Spit Point
Locality
Spit Point is the east tip of the 5-nautical-mile long Elephant Spit, a conspicuous spit at the eastern end of Heard Island. The feature was charted by early American sealers at Heard Island in the years following initiation of sealing operations there in 1855. Spit Point is situated 10 km east of Oil Barrel Point.
Oil Barrel Point
- Type: Locality
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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Latitude
-53.10981° or 53° 6′ 35″ southLongitude
73.72891° or 73° 43′ 44″ eastOpen location code
3JRMVPRH+3HOpenStreetMap ID
node 2854192048OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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