Name details

Cape Lookout

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109897

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

S point of Elephant Island, rising to c. 200m, was charted and named by Powell in 1821-22 (Powell, chart, 1822a; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 3175, 1.iii.1940; APC, 1955, p.14; DOS 610 sheet W 61 54 (Ext.), 1-GSGS 1972). Cap Lookout (Powell, 1824a, map facing p.5; d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170). Pointe Lookout (d'Urville, 1847, p.140). Pointe de Lookout (Vincendon-Dumoulin, 1851, p.28). Cape Look-out (Wild, 1923b, p.90). Kapp Lookout (HA chart, 1928). Cap Look-out (France. SHM, 1937, p.392). Cabo Lookout (Chile. DNH chart L, 1947; IHA, 1974, p.187). Cabo Vigílante [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.196; Pierrou, 1970, p.716). Cabo Loockout [sic] (Cordini, 1955, p.78). Cabo Fossatti (Argentina. MM, 1958b, p.58). Mys Lukaut (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Cabo Look-out (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.77). The cape was surveyed by J

Named For

Location

Latitude:
61° 16' 48.6" S
-61.28017°
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Longitude:
55° 12' 17.0" W
-55.20472°
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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:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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