Swan Point, Weddell Island Explained

Swan Point (Spanish; Castilian: 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.^[1]

The point is located at -51.7644°N -60.8653°W, which is 26.7km (16.6miles) north-northeast of Race Point, 2.4km (01.5miles) east of Loop Head and 17km (11miles) southwest of Dunnose Head, West Falkland.

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)
• Approaches to the Falkland Islands. Scale 1:1500000 chart. Gps Nautical Charts, 2010
• Illustrated Map of Weddell Island

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-51.764_-60.865.html Swan Point.