Moneta, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Moneta (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape (8)
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 at the western entrance to Sheila Cove, on the east coast of Mackenzie Peninsula, Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands. Named by the Comisión de Coordinación Geográfica Antártida Argentina in 1978 after José Manuel Moneta who worked for the Argentine Servicio Meteorólogico Nacional and spent four winters on Orcadas base: 1923 (assistant meteorologist), 1925 (assistant leader), 1927 and 1929 (Leader). Name adopted by the UK-APC in 2014 ahead of Moneta's book Cuatro Años en las Orcadas del Sur being published in English.
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