Cockburn, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Cockburn (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:
NE point of Pasteur Peninsula, Brabant Island, was roughly charted by Foster in 1829 and named probably after Adm. of the Fleet Sir G. Cockburn, RN (Cockburn Island, q.v.) (Foster and Kendall, chart, 1829a; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; APC, 1955, p.7; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974); recharted by FAE, 1903-05. Cap Cockburn (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Cabo Cockburn (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.252; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.79). Kapp Cockburn (HA chart, 1928). Cap Cockbrun [sic] (France. SHM, 1937, p.405). The cape was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57.
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