Organ pipe point
| Organ pipe point | ||
 Organpipe Point (middle) |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 28 ′ S , 60 ° 9 ′ W | |
| location | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | Charybdis Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Griffin Cove | |
The Organpipe Point (English for organ pipe tip ) is a distinctive, rugged and up to 70 m high headland with an east-west orientation on the northeast coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located between Charybdis Cove and Griffin Cove .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee descriptively named the headland in 1998. It is named after its almost vertically rising dolerite pillars , which are arranged like organ pipes .
Web links
- Organpipe Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Organpipe Point on geographic.org (English)