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in association with Cape Nuñez, the southwest extremity of the peninsula.
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Nuñez Peninsula
54°16′S 37°25′W / 54.267°S 37.417°W / -54.267; -37.417
headland
South Georgia
54°15′S 37°21′W / 54.250°S 37.350°W / -54.250; -37.350
Queen Maud Bay
Jossac Bight
South Georgia
South Georgia Survey
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
public domain material
"Nuñez, Cape"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
King Edward Point
Coat of arms
Commissioner
Flag
Foreign relations
History
Languages
List of South Georgians
Operation "Paraquet"
Public holidays
Toothfish Day
South Georgia Museum

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