Name details

Cape Boothby

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 251

Feature type: Cape

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A rounded cape on a large projection of the coast of Kemp Land, just north of Edward VIII Gulf. Discovered on about 28 February, 1936, by the William Scoresby Expedition. Named after the captain of the William Scoresby, Lieut. Commander C R U Boothby RNR.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 33' 34.4" S
-66.55956°
Accurate to 100m
Longitude:
57° 16' 00.6" E
57.26683°
Accurate to 100m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Australian Antarctic Territory Coastline 2003
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( AAT_Coastline_2003 - Australian Antarctic Territory Coastline 2003 )
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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