Name details

Cape Fothergill

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

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

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Id 140162

Feature type: Cape

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Prominent cape on the north side of Latady Island, forming the eastern edge of Attenborough Strait.Named for Alastair Fothergill (b.1960). Head of BBC Natural History Unit 1992-1998. Producer of high-impact documentary series advancing public awareness of Antarctica and climate change: Life in the Freezer (1993); Blue Planet (2001); Planet Earth (2006); Frozen Planet (2011) and Our Planet (2019). Awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Cherry Kearton Medal (1996), Patron's Medal (2012), and OBE (2019).

Named For

Named for Alastair Fothergill (b.1960). Head of BBC Natural History Unit 1992-1998. Producer of high-impact documentary series advancing public awareness of Antarctica and climate change: Life in the Freezer (1993); Blue Planet (2001); Planet Earth (2006); Frozen Planet (2011) and Our Planet (2019). Awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Cherry Kearton Medal (1996), Patron's Medal (2012), and OBE (2019).

Location

Latitude:
70° 35' 00.0" S
-70.58333°
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Longitude:
74° 57' 00.0" W
-74.95000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Landsat-8 image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
Source Identifier:
https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
Source Scale:
1:30 m resolution
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
UK APC
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
21-Oct-2020

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