Name details

Cape Rymill

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

Cape Rymill  (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 110999

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

on W side of Stefansson Sound, Wilkins Coast, was photographed from the air by Wilkins, 20 December 1928 (Wilkins, 1929, Fig. 23, p.369) and by Ellsworth, 21 November 1935 (Ellsworth, 1936b, p.7); following comparison of Wilkins' and Ellsworth's photographs, roughly located by Joerg (1937, Fig. 12, p.439 and map facing p.444); rephotographed from the air and surveyed from the ground by USAS in 1940, and named after J.R. Rymill (Rymill Bay, q.v.) (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; USHO, 1943, p.273; Bertrand and others, 1948, Fig. 1, p.483; APC, 1955, p.18; DCS 601 sheet 69 62, 1955; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). Cabo Rymill (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.641; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.252). The cape was re-surveyed by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947. Kap Rymill (Kosack, 1955a, end map). Mys Raimill (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 30' 00.0" S
-69.50000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 25' 00.0" W
-62.41667°
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:
28-Jan-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.