Name details

Cape Lloyd

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109874

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

N point of Clarence Island (q.v.), was roughly charted by Bransfield in February 1820 and named Lloyds Promontory (Bransfield, chart, [1820b]; BA chart [no number], 1822; 1930, p.58). Lloyd's Promontory (Goddard, chart, [1821]; Gould, 1925, map facing p.280). Pointe de Lloyd (Eyriès and Malte-Brun, 1823, map facing p.237). Promontoire Lloyd's (Powell, 1824a, map facing p.5). Lloyds Cap (Weddell, 1827, third end map). Lloyd Promontory (SDUK, map, 1838). Lloyds Cape (BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839). Lloyd Cap (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Cabo Lloyds (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Cap Lloyds (Charcot, 1912, Pl.1). Cape Lloyds (Wild, 1823a, p.317). Cape Lloyd (BA chart 3175, 3.vi.1927; 3205, 23.ix.1949; APC, 1955, p.14; DOS 610 sheet W 61 54 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972). Kapp Lloyd (HA chart, 1928). Pointe Loyd [sic] (France. SHM, 1937, p.392). Cabo Lloyd (Argentina. MM chart 64, 1939; Pierrou, 1970, p.496; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.187). Lloyd's Land, as rejected form (USBGN, 1947, p.192). Promontorio Lloyd, as rejected form (Pierrou, 1970, p.496). Mys Lloyd (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Punta López (Chile. IHA, NM No.146, 1977).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
61° 07' 47.3" S
-61.12981°
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Longitude:
54° 00' 37.1" W
-54.01031°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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