Evensen, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Evensen (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:
N entrance point of Auvert Bay, Graham Coast, was roughly charted by FAE, 1903-05, and named Cap Evensen after Kapt. Carl Julius Evensen, Master of Hertha (Hertha Nunatak,q.v.) of NWE, 1893-94, which visited the area between Graham Coast and Biscoe Islands (Charcot, 1906a, map facing p.316; [incorrectly referring to the rock buttresses in Auvert Bay] Bongrain, 1914, vue 26 following p.60). Pointe Evensen (Charcot, 1906b, p. 477). Cape Evensen (BA chart 1238, ix.1908; APC, 1955, p.9; DCS 601 sheet 66 64, 1955; BA chart 3570, 29.ix.1961).Kapp Evensen (HA chart, 1927). Cape Evansen [sic] (Carey and Nelson, 1931a). The cape was remapped by BGLE in 1935 and incorrectly called Cape Waldeck Rousseau (Waldeck Peak, q.v.) (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.400). Cape Evenson [sic] (USHO chart 5411, 1940). Cabo Evensen (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.352; Chile. IHA, 1974, p. 119). Cabo Waldeck Rousseau (Chile. DNH chart LII, 1947). Cape Evanson [sic] (James, 1949, p.59). G. [sic] Evensen (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.294a). The cape was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Cabo Ivensen [sic], as rejected form (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.119).
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