Knowles, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Knowles (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:
SE point of Condor Peninsula and N entrance point of Hilton Inlet, Black Coast, was surveyed by USAS from "East Base" in 1940 and named after Paul H. Knowles, geologist and leader of the sledge party which reached this cape as its furthest S point ([shown in c. 71°45'S 60°47'W] USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; [shown in 71°48'S 60°50'W] Mason, 1950a, map facing p.151; APC, 1955, p.13; DCS sheet 71 60, 1955; [correctly shown] BAS 250 sheet SR 19-20/16, 1-DOS 1976; APC, 1977, p.18); resurveyed by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947. Cabo Knowles (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.458; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.171). Mys Nouls (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The cape was photographed from the air by USN in 1966 and further surveyed from the ground by BAS from "Stonington Island" in 1973.
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