Leahy, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Leahy (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape (8)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An ice-covered cape which marks the N extremity of Duncan Peninsula, Carney Island, along the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered and photographed from the air on Jan. 24, 1947, by USN Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named by R. Adm. Byrd for Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, USN, who, as naval advisor to the President at the time of Operation Highjump, assisted materially at the high-level planning and authorization stages.
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