Name details

Kap Möbius

Möbius, Kap (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Kap Möbius  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Germany Gazetteer Id 107000

Feature type: Cape (8)

Origin

This name originates from Germany. It is part of the Germany Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Cape in the vicinity of Gondwana Station (DEU), Gerlache Inlet, facxing Campbell Glacier Tongue, Scott Coast, Victoria Land. Surveyed during the German Antarctic North Victoria Land Expedition 1984/85 (Ganovex IV).

Named For

Richard Möbius († 1985-FEB-24), pilot during Ganovex IV, killed at the return flight of the survey aircraft 'Polar 3" over the Western Sahara by a missile shoot-down.

Location

Latitude:
74° 38' 00.0" S
-74.63333°
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Longitude:
164° 13' 00.0" E
164.21667°
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Altitude:
200 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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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

Applied for name approval on 1986-APR-18; factually checked and approved by Ständiger Ausschuss für geographische Namen (StAGN) (German PCGN) on 1988-OCT-12; finally approved by German National Committee of SCAR.

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Mar-1989

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