Valentine, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Valentine (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:
E point of Elephant Island, was roughly charted and named by Bransfield, 14 February (St. Valentine's day) 1820 (Bransfield, chart, [1820b]; Baird, 1821, p.233; BA chart [no number], 1822; 3175, 3.vi.1927; [in 61°04'S 54°43'W] 3205, 23.ix.1949; [in 61°03'S 54°47'W] APC, 1955, p.21; [in 61°03'S 54°36'W] BA chart 3205, 23.ix.1962; [co-ordinates corrected] DOS 610 sheet W 61 54 (Ext.), 1-GSGS, 1972; APC, 1977, p.34). Cap Valentine (Eyriès and Malte-Brun, 1823, map facing p.237). Cape Belsham (q.v.), in error (Wilkes, 1845, Vol.1, p.139). A landing was made on the cape by BITAE, 15 April 1916, this being the first landing following the loss of Endurance (Shackleton, 1919, p.150-51). Kaap Valentine (Shackleton, [1921], end map). Cabo Valentín (Argentina. MM chart 64, 1939; Pierrou, 1970, p.706). Cabo Valentino (Chile. DNH chart L, 1947). Cabo Valentine (Argentina. MM chart 102, 1949; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.289). Mys Valentayn (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The cape was surveyed by JSEEI in 1971.
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