Deacon, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Deacon (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape (8)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Ice-covered cape forming the SE tip of Kemp Peninsula, on the E coast of Palmer Land. Probably first seen by members of the USAS who photographed a portion of Kemp Peninsula while exploring this coast from the air in December 1940. During 1947 the cape was photographed from the air by members of the RARE, who in conjunction with the FIDS charted it from the ground. Named by UK-APC after George E.R. Deacon (1906-84), English oceanographer and member of the Discovery Investigations staff, 1927-39; Director of the National Institute of Oceanography, 1949-71.
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