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Swan Point ( es, Punta Swan, Punta del Caballo) is the point on the southwest side of the entrance to Queen Charlotte Bay, forming the northeast extremity of Weddell Island in the Swan Point.
Falkland Islands. GeoNames Geographical Database The point is located at , which is north-northeast of Race Point, east of
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)
Scale 1:1500000 chart. Gps Nautical Charts, 2010
Illustrated Map of Weddell Island
Weddell-Island-Map-1901.png, Old map of Weddell Island featuring Swan Point
Weddell-Island-Map.png, Map of Weddell Island
''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
Weddell Island Official Website
Weddell Island from space.
NASA Johnson Space Center, 30 April 2005 Headlands of the Falkland Islands {{Weddell-Island-geo-stub
Swan Point ( es, Punta Swan, Punta del Caballo) is the point on the southwest side of the entrance to Queen Charlotte Bay, forming the northeast extremity of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouze ...
.Falkland Islands. GeoNames Geographical Database The point is located at , which is north-northeast of Race Point, east of
Loop Head
Loop Head (), is a headland on the north side of the mouth of the River Shannon, in County Clare in the west of Ireland.
Loop Head is marked by a prominent lighthouse. The opposite headland on the south side of the Shannon is Kerry Head. The ...
and southwest of Dunnose Head, West Falkland
West Falkland ( es, Isla Gran Malvina) is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by the Falkland Sound. Its area is , 37% of the total area of the islands. Its coastli ...
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''Swan Island'' was an early name of Weddell Island.
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)
Scale 1:1500000 chart. Gps Nautical Charts, 2010
Illustrated Map of Weddell Island
Gallery
Notes
References
* B. Stonehouse (ed.). ''Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans''. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 404 pp. * 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.
NASA Johnson Space Center, 30 April 2005 Headlands of the Falkland Islands {{Weddell-Island-geo-stub