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Cape Zumberge

Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 112049

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:

• Cape Zumberge (United States of America)

Narrative

rock cliff marking the SW end of Orville Coast and situated c.15 km NW of the strand cracks of Ronne Ice Shelf. The feature was sighted from the NW side of Korff Island by a US IGY field party from "Ellsworth Station" in January 1958, roughly mapped in c.78°00'S 67°50'W, and named Zumberge Nunatak, after Dr James Herbert Zumberge (1923-1992), American geologist and glaciologist who directed research on Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Dependency, 1957-64; President, University of Southern California from 1980, and President of SCAR, 1982-86 (Thiel and others, 1958, map Fig.9; Neuburg and others, 1959, map Fig.1, p.111 and p.119; AGS map, 1962b). Nunatak Tsumberge (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Zumberg [sic] Nunatak (USHO chart V30-SP11, 1963). Following examination of air photographs by USGS, 1965-67, it was concluded that the original sighting could only apply to the present feature, which was renamed Cape Zumberge with corrected co-ordinates (Alberts, 1968, p.213; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.5; BA, 1976, p.4; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981).

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