Name details

Cape Dundas

Dundas, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Cape Dundas  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108591

Feature type: Cape

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

E point of Laurie Island, was roughly charted by Weddell on 22 January 1823 and, in association with Melville's Island [Weddell's name for Laurie Island], named after the Dundas family, of whom Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), was First Lord of the Admiralty, 1804-05, and his son Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771-1851), was also First Lord, 1812-27 and 1828-30 (Weddell, 1825a, p.24; Powell, chart, 1831; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.9). Cap Dundas (Malte-Brun, 1825, p.139). Kap Dundas (Neumayer, 1872a, p.132). Cabo Dundas (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904-05, Tomo 2, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.327). Cabo Dundos [sic] (Jalour, [1907b], map following p.196). Kapp Dundas (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). The cape was re-charted by DI in 1933. Mys Dandas (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 43' 00.0" S
-60.71667°
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Longitude:
44° 24' 00.0" W
-44.40000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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