Name details

Cape Bruce

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 253

Feature type: Cape

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

The northern tip of a small island separated from the mainland rocks just west of Taylor Glacier, Mac.Robertson Land, by a shallow channel. Discovered by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson. A landing was made there on 18 February, 1931.

Named For

Named by Mawson after Rt. Hon. S M Bruce (later Lord Bruce), Prime Minister of Australia, 1923-29.

Location

Latitude:
67° 25' 36.5" S
-67.42681°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
60° 47' 40.9" E
60.79469°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1960
Catalogue id
4615A5
Photographer
Newton, Geoffrey (Geoff)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
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:
Unknown

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