Name details

Cape Murdoch

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110275

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 Mossman Peninsula and W entrance point of Scotia Bay, Laurie Island, was charted by SNAE, 5 May 1903, and named Cape Burn-Murdoch after William Gordon Burn-Murdoch (1862-1939), Scottish artist and writer, who accompanied Dr W.S. Bruce (Leader of SNAE) as assistant surgeon in Balµna on DWE, 1892-93, and who was a supporter of SNAE (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322; BA chart 1238, iv.1917; 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.6); further charted by Sørlle and Borge, 1912-13, and called Stranger after Tte Sigurd Stranger, Norwegian Officer-in-charge of the Argentine station "Orcadas" on Laurie Island, 1912-13 (Allardyce, 1908-15) (Sørlle and Borge, chart, 1913). Cabo Murdoch (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930). Kapp Stranger (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). The cape was recharted by DI in 1933. Cap Burn Murdock [sic], Cap Murdock (France. SHM, 1937, p.387-88). Cape Burn-Murdoch (Brown, 1943, p.61). Cabo Burn Murdoch (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.279; Pierrou, 1970, p.225). Cap Burn Murdoch (France. SHM chart 1148, 1947). Cabo B. Murdoch (Argentina. MM chart 117, 1952). Cape Burn Murdock [sic] ([as rejected form] USBGN, 1956, p.75; [in error] BA, 1961, p.426). Burn Murdoch (Argentina. MM, 1957b, p.31). Cape Murdoch (APC, 1960, p.6; BA, 1977, p.3).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 47' 00.0" S
-60.78333°
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Longitude:
44° 40' 00.0" W
-44.66667°
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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 Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-Sep-1960

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