Viewpoints · Scottish Islands
View Point
View Point is a viewpoint in the United Kingdom.
Chris Downer — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 20 min–45 min
- Best time of year
- Clear days year-round
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
View Point is a named viewpoint in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 58.8993°, -2.8677°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
Photo gallery
From the Wikipedia article
View Point () is 150m long eastern tip of a promontory, on Antarctica, forming the west side of the entrance to Duse Bay on the south coast of Trinity Peninsula, on the northern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 6.79 km east of Skomlya Hill and 6.45 km southeast of Boil Point. Discovered by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04. So named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following their survey of the area in 1945 because from this promontory, good panoramic photographs were obtained.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 58.8993, -2.8677
- District
- Orkney Islands
- Postcode
- KW17 2SB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
Sources
- osm: n6618718486 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: View Point (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is View Point?
- View Point is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode KW17 2SB).
- Is View Point free to visit?
- Yes, View Point is free to enter.
- How do I get to View Point?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode KW17 2SB. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.