Race Point

This article is about the landmark in the Falkland Islands. For the landmark on Cape Cod, see Race Point Light.

Location of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands

Satellite image of Weddell Island

Map of Weddell Island

Race Point is the point on the north side of Smylie Channel forming the south extremity of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands. ^[1] The point is located at 51°59′22″S61°00′00″W / 51.98944°S 61.00000°W / -51.98944; -61.00000 , which is 26.7 km south-southwest of Swan Point, 3.5 km west-northwest of neighbouring Dyke Island, 1.8 km north of West Island and 4 km north-northeast of Orford Hill, West Falkland.

Maps

• The Falkland Islands. Scale 1:401280 map. London: Edward Stanford, 1901
• Falkland Islands Explorer Map. Scale 1:365000. Ocean Explorer Maps, 2007
• Falklands Topographic Map Series. Scale 1:50000, 29 sheets. DOS 453, 1961-1979
• Falkland Islands. Scale 1:643000 Map. DOS 906. Edition 3-OS, 1998
• Map 500k--xm20-4. 1:500000 map of Weddell Island and part of West Falkland. Russian Army Maps (for the world)
• Approaches to the Falkland Islands. Scale 1:1500000 chart. Gps Nautical Charts, 2010
• Illustrated Map of Weddell Island

Notes

1. Race Point. Falkland Islands. GeoNames Geographical Database

References

• B. Stonehouse (ed.). Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 404 pp. ISBN   978-0-471-98665-2
• C.H. Barnard. A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H. Barnard, in a Recent Voyage Round the World, Including an Account of His Residence for Two Years on An Uninhabited Island. New York: J.P. Callender, 1836
• P.P. King and R. Fitzroy. The South America Pilot. Part II. From the Rio de la Plata to the Bay of Panama, including Magellan Strait, the Falkland, and Galapagos Islands. Fifth Edition. London: Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 1860. pp. 116–118

External links

• Weddell Island Official Website
• Weddell Island from space. ^[usurped] NASA Johnson Space Center, 30 April 2005