Name details

Cape Bage

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 291

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 prominent point on the coast of George V Land, between Murphy Bay and Ainsworth Bay. Discovered in 1912 by the A.A.E. under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Lieut. R. Bage, R.A.E., a member of the expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 44' 34.9" S
-67.74303°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
146° 28' 23.0" E
146.47306°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E127_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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