Fiske, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Fiske (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape
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:
E extremity of Smith Peninsula, Lassiter Coast, was photographed from the air by USAS in 1940 and by RARE, 21 November 1947, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in December 1947. The present name, after Clarence Oliver Fiske (b. 1922), RARE climatologist, was originally applied to the SE extremity of the peninsula (AGS map, 1948; Ronne, 1948b, p.390 and map p.357), while the name Cape Ketchum, after Cdr Gerald Ketchum, USN (Ketchum Glacier, q.v.), was applied to the N extremity of the peninsula (AGS map, 1948). The latter name was subsequently changed to Cape Light after Dr Richard U. Light (Mount Light, q.v.) (Ronne, 1948b, p.391; 1949, map p.249; BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.10; DOS 601 sheet W 74 60, 1957). Cabo Fiske, referring to the SE extremity of the peninsula (Argentina. MM chart N-"P"-1, 1952). Cabo Light, referring to N extremity of the peninsula (Argentina. MM chart N-"P"-1, 1952; Chile. IHA, 1974, p. 184). The name Cape Fiske was later applied to the E extremity of the peninsula (BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p. 10; DOS 601 sheet W 74 60, 1957; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969). Mys Layt, referring to the N extremity of the peninsula (Soviet Union. UNGSVF chart 334, 1958). Mys Fisk, referring to the E extremity of the peninsula (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Following air photography of the peninsula by USN, 1965-67, the name Cape Light for the N extremity was deleted, the name of R. U. Light being transferred to Mount Light (q.v.) (APC, 1975, p. 4).
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