Name details

Cape Mawson

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110051

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

SE point of Charcot Island (q.v.) near Wilkins Ice Front. The name was applied by Wilkins probably to the E point of the island in c. 69°58'S 74°37'W, following his flight of 29 December 1929, after Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958), Australian Antarctic explorer and Professor of Geology, University of Adelaide, 1920-52; geologist and geomagnetician, British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09 (Sir Ernest Shackleton); Leader, Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14, and BANZARE, 1929-31 (Wilkins, 1930, p.374 and map facing p.388; BA chart 3175, 7.vii.1933; APC, 1955, p.15; [referring to a non-existent cape in Wilkins Ice Front near NE corner of the island] USAF chart 1789, 1959). Kapp Mawson (Aagaard, 1930, end map). Cap Mawson (France. SHM, 1937, p.410). Cabo Mawson ([referring in error to a non-existent cape in Mozart Ice Piedmont] Argentina. IGM map, 1946; [referring to E point of Charcot Island] Chile. DNH chart LIII, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.197; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.512). The name Cape Mawson was re-applied to the SE point of the island ([in 69°59'S 74°40'W] APC, 1961, p.3; Searle, 1963, end map; [co-ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of February 1975] APC, 1977, p.22). Mys Mouson, referring to NE point of the island (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Mys Mousona, correctly applied (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 12' 00.0" S
-70.20000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
74° 55' 00.0" W
-74.91667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Scale:
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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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