Byrd, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Byrd (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:
NW point of Charcot Island (q.v.), was seen from the air by Wilkins on 29 December 1929 and named after Rear-Adm. Richard Evelyn Byrd, USN (1888-1957), American polar explorer, who commanded US Antarctic expeditions, 1928-30 and 1933-35, USAS, and USN Antarctic Expedition (Operation High Jump ), 1946-47; Officer-in-charge, US Antarctic Programs, 1955-57 (Wilkins, 1930, p.376; [in 69 58'S 75 55'W] BA chart 3175, 7.vii.1933; APC, 1955, p.6; Searle, 1963, end map; [co-ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of February 1975] BA chart 3175, 7.xii.1984; APC, 1986, p. 3). Cap Byrd (France. SHM, 1937, p.410). Cabo Byrd (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.226; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.61). Kapp Byrd (Hansen, chart [no number], 1947). Mys Berd (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).
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