MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/13929 |
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Name source |
English | Lancaster, Cape | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
French | Albert Lancaster, Cap | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
Spanish | Lancaster, Cabo | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
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Cape |
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Latitude |
64° 51' 0" S (-64.85°) |
Longitude |
63° 44' 0" W (-63.7333333°) |
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SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ |
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Notes |
General information (en): Cape forming the S extremity of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by a German expedition under Dallmann, 1873-74. Later sighted by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache, who named it for Albert Lancaster, Scientific Dir. of the Meteorological Service of the Royal Observatory of Belgium and a supporter of the expedition (http://polar.whu.edu.cn/survey/queryplacenameresult1.php?page=1404&country=&placename= / http://geonames.usgs.gov). |
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Last edited on 2006-04-06 14:59:04 by Deckers Pieter
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