Robertson, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Robertson (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:
NE point of Mackenzie Peninsula, Laurie Island, was roughly charted by Powell and Palmer in 1821; mapped by SNAE in 1903 when the name was first applied to the NW point of the peninsula (Route Point, q.v.) after Capt. Thomas Robertson (1854-1918), Scottish whaling captain; Master of Active on DWE and of Scotia on SNAE (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322; BA, 1930, p.50). Route Point, Route Pynten (Sørlle, chart, 1912; [1930]). The cape was recharted by DI in 1933. Cabo Robertson (Argentina. CNA, 1947, map p.54). The name Cape Robertson was later applied to the present feature (BA, 1948, p.132; APC, 1955, p.18).
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