Name details

Cape Monaco

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 129028

Feature type: Cape (8)

Origin

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:

Narrative

Cape which forms the SW tip of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by a German expedition 1873-74, under Dallmann, but its relationship to Anvers Island was not known at that time. It was later charted by the FrAE, 1903-05, under Charcot, and named by him for prince Albert de Monaco, a patron of the expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 43' 00.0" S
-64.71667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
64° 18' 00.0" W
-64.30000°
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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:
1-Jan-1960

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