Name details

Cape Hartree

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

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

If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au

Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109219

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

SW point of Mossman Peninsula and W entrance point of Buchan Bay, Laurie Island, was charted and named by Powell and Palmer, 12-13 December 1821 (Powell, chart 1822a; [referring to SE entrance point of Wilton Bay] Bruce and others, chart 1903a; [correctly shown] BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.11). Cap Hartree (Powell, 1824a, map facing p.5). The cape was further charted by SNAE, 28 June 1903, and called Cape Mc.Vitie, after R. Mc.Vitie of Messrs M c.Vitie and Price, biscuit manufacturers, Edinburgh (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322). Cape M'Vitie (Bruce, 1903-04, p.36; Brown and others, 1906, p.143). Cabo Vitie (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930). The cape was recharted by DI in 1933. Cabo Hartree (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.279; Pierrou, 1970, p.418). Cabo Vitje [sic] (Argentina. CNA, 1947, map p.54). Cape Hatree, in error (USBGN, 1956, p.154).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 47' 00.0" S
-60.78333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
44° 43' 00.0" W
-44.71667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

Display Scales

Note These display scales were chosen for use by Australia, with an emphasis on East Antarctica.
          For example, selecting 'Aus_display_scale_20M' would only return names that would appear on a 1:20 million scale map.

Aus_display_scale_20M: No      Aus_display_scale_10M: No     
Aus_display_scale_5M: No      Aus_display_scale_2M: No     
Aus_display_scale_1M: No      Aus_display_scale_500k: No     
Aus_display_scale_250k: No      Aus_display_scale_100k: No     
Aus_display_scale_50k: No      Aus_display_scale_25k: No     
Aus_display_scale_10k: No      Aus_display_scale_5k: No     
Aus_display_scale_1k: No     


Related information

Biodiversity
View fauna, flora or both within 1.0 degree of this location

Place names
View British or international place names within 1.0 degree of this location.