Point Wild

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Point Wild is a small, remote headland on Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, best known as the site where Ernest Shackleton’s stranded Endurance crew camped and awaited rescue in 1916.

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Point Wild canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic location ⓘ
headland ⓘ
country Antarctica ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 1,300 km south of Cape Horn ⓘ
earlierName Cape Wild ⓘ
event Endurance crew camped at Point Wild in 1916 ⓘ
Shackleton rescue by Chilean ship Yelcho in 1916 ⓘ
governedBy no sovereign nation (Antarctic Treaty area) ⓘ
hasAccessibility accessible only by ship and small boats ⓘ
hasClimate polar climate ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude -61.0667 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude -54.8500 ⓘ
hasEnvironment glaciated surroundings ⓘ
hasFeature narrow beach ⓘ
rocky shore ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration ⓘ
hasIceCover surrounded by glaciers and ice cliffs ⓘ
hasLanguageOfToponym English ⓘ
hasLegalStatus international territory under Antarctic Treaty ⓘ
hasMonument bust of Captain Luis Pardo ⓘ
plaque commemorating rescue of Endurance crew ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Cape Lookout ⓘ
Cape Valentine ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland Elephant Island ⓘ
hasRisk ice and surf hazards for landings ⓘ
hasSeaConditions rough seas ⓘ
hasSeasonalCondition sea ice present in winter ⓘ
hasWildlife penguins ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
seals ⓘ
isInhabited false ⓘ
isRemote true ⓘ
knownFor Ernest Shackleton Endurance expedition camp site ⓘ
rescue site of stranded Endurance crew in 1916 ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
South Shetland Islands ⓘ
locatedOn Elephant Island ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Southern Ocean ⓘ
namedAfter Frank Wild ⓘ
partOf South Shetland Islands archipelago ⓘ
protectedBy Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
usedAs emergency camp ⓘ
visitedFor polar history tourism ⓘ
scientific expeditions ⓘ

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