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29: 45: 185: 52: 256: 781: 747: 344:. Cape at the north side of the entrance to Röhss Bay. Discovered and named by the SwedAE, 1901-04, under Otto Nordenskjöld. The name is descriptive of a conspicuous rock pinnacle about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) within the headland, which is visible from northwestward and southward. 606:. An island 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) long, lying in the entrance to Röhss Bay on the southwest side of James Ross Island. Discovered by the SwedAE under Otto Nordenskjöld, 1901-04, and named by him for Nils Persson, a patron of the expedition. 785: 751: 28: 562:. Cape which marks the south side of the entrance to Röhss Bay. Discovered by the SwedAE, 1901-04, under Otto Nordenskjöld, who named it for G.E. Broms, a patron of the expedition. 77: 755: 478:. The most northerly of two relatively low flat-topped rock cliffs on the east side of the northern arm of Röhss Bay. Mapped from surveys by the 44: 479: 135: 259: 804: 429: 789: 428:. A point on the north side of Röhss Bay, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of Cape Obelisk. Named by the 172:) is a bay 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) wide, between Cape Broms and Cape Obelisk on the southwest side of 237: 271: 578: 534: 492: 450: 400: 354: 316: 520:. A prominent crag containing a volcanic breccia sequence, rising to 535 metres (1,755 ft) high east of 217: 386:
at about 150 metres (490 ft) high on the east side of Cape Obelisk, aligned north–south between
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at the head of Röhss Bay. So named by the UK-APC in 1987 from its commanding position in the area.
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Trinity Peninsula on Antarctic Peninsula. James Ross Island east of the tip
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and Röhss Bay. Named after Cape Obelisk by the UK-APC in 1983.
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Röhss Bay is located in Antarctica
64°12′S 58°16′W / 64.200°S 58.267°W / -64.200; -58.267 (Röhss Bay)
Type
64°12′S 58°16′W / 64.200°S 58.267°W / -64.200; -58.267 (Röhss Bay)
James Ross Island

James Ross Island
Trinity Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
Graham Land
Detroit Plateau
Mount Tucker
Prince Gustav Channel
Ulu Peninsula
Mount Haddington
Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Otto Nordenskjöld

Copernix annotated satellite view
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)
64°08′S 58°27′W / 64.133°S 58.450°W / -64.133; -58.450
64°07′S 58°24′W / 64.117°S 58.400°W / -64.117; -58.400
col
Rum Cove
64°09′S 58°19′W / 64.150°S 58.317°W / -64.150; -58.317

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