Name details

Cape Brooks

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107973

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

S entrance point of New Bedford Inlet, Lassiter Coast, was probably first seen, and photographed from the air, by USAS on 30 December 1940; photographed from the air by RARE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in December 1947; in association with the names of Antarctic meteorologists grouped in this area, named after Dr Charles Ernest Pelham Brooks (1888-1957), English meteorologist; on the staff of the Meteorological Office, 1907-48; Secretary, Royal Meteorological Society, 1927-31, and Vice-President, 1932-33; author of The climate and weather of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia (London, 1920) (BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.6; DOS 601 sheet W 73 60, 1957; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969). Cabo Brooks (Argentina. MM chart 121, 1957; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.56; (Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 9)). Mys Bruks (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 37' 00.0" S
-73.61667°
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Longitude:
60° 38' 00.0" W
-60.63333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Jan-1953

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