Name details

Cape Gordon

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

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

If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au

Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109067

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 Vega Island on Erebus and Terror Gulf, was roughly charted by Ross, 6 January 1843, and named after Capt. (later Vice-Adm.) the Hon. William Gordon, RN (1784-1858), a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, 1841-46 (BA chart 1238, 1844; 1948, p.176; APC, 1955, p.11; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). Cap Gordon (Vincendon-Dumoulin, atlas, 1847, Pl.43). Cabo Gordon (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861; Pierrou, 1970, p.396; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.139). The cape was surveyed by SwAE in February 1902. Kap Gordon (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol.1, p.342). Capo Gordon (Duse, 1907, p.166). Kaap Gordon (Nordenskjöld and others, 1907, p.123). Kapp Gordon (HA chart, 1928). The cape was re-surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1945. Mys Gordon (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 50' 24.0" S
-63.84000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
57° 03' 07.0" W
-57.05194°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

Display Scales

Note These display scales were chosen for use by Australia, with an emphasis on East Antarctica.
          For example, selecting 'Aus_display_scale_20M' would only return names that would appear on a 1:20 million scale map.

Aus_display_scale_20M: No      Aus_display_scale_10M: No     
Aus_display_scale_5M: No      Aus_display_scale_2M: No     
Aus_display_scale_1M: No      Aus_display_scale_500k: No     
Aus_display_scale_250k: No      Aus_display_scale_100k: No     
Aus_display_scale_50k: No      Aus_display_scale_25k: No     
Aus_display_scale_10k: No      Aus_display_scale_5k: No     
Aus_display_scale_1k: No     


Related information

Biodiversity
View fauna, flora or both within 1.0 degree of this location

Place names
View British or international place names within 1.0 degree of this location.