Burd, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Burd (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape
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:
SW point of Tabarin Peninsula, Trinity Peninsula, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in March 1946; named after Lieut. Oliver R. Burd, RCNVR (?1921-48), FIDS Base Leader and meteorological observer, "Argentine Islands" (now Faraday), 1947-48; meteorological observer, "Hope Bay", 1948, who with M.C. Green (Cape Green, q.v.) lost his life in a fire at the station, 8 November 1948 (Fuchs, 1951b, p. 15) (APC, 1955, p.6; BA chart 3205, 15.iii.1957; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). Cabo Burd (Chile. DNH chart 1400, 1961; IHA, 1974, p. 60). Cabo Burd (Argentina. AA, 1991, p. 9)
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