Royds, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Royds (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape (8)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A dark rock cape forming the western extremity of Ross Island. Discovered by the NAE, 1901-04, and named for Lieutenant Charles Rawson Royds, First Lieutenant of the Discovery, who acted as meteorologist for the expedition. Royds rose to become an Admiral and was later Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, London. This cape was the site of the expedition camp of the BAE, 1907-09.
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