The Knob
| The Knob | ||
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 2 ′ S , 37 ° 58 ′ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters | Joke Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Inner Bay | |
| height | 40 m | |
The Knob ( English for Der Knauf ) is a distinctive, dome-shaped and 40 m high headland near the western end of South Georgia . It lies on the west bank of Elsehul and separates Joke Cove in the west from Inner Bay to the east .
The headland was mapped and descriptively named by scientists from the British Discovery Investigations in 1930.
Web links
- The Knob in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Knob on geographic.org (English)