Name details

Cape Vik

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111777

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

W entrance point of Marshall Bay, S Coronation Island, was charted and named by Sørlle, 1912-13 (Sørlle and Borge, chart, 1913; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.22; DOS 310 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963); also charted by Moe in January 1913 and called Cape Eoensen [sic] or Cape Evensen (Moe, chart, 1913b; 1913a). Cabo Vik (Argentina. IGM map 104, 1933; Pierrou, 1970, p.716). Vik Pynten, misplaced in the vicinity of Mansfield Point (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). The cape was recharted by DI in 1933. Cap Vik (France. SHM, 1937, p.389). The cape was surveyed from the ground by FIDS from Signy, 1956-58.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 40' 00.0" S
-60.66667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
45° 40' 00.0" W
-45.66667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
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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