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Sáenz, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Sáenz (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape
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:
between Laubeuf Fjord and Bigourdan Fjord, Loubet Coast, was roughly charted by FAE, 1908-10, in January 1909 and named Cap Saens [sic] Peña after Roque Sáenz Peña (1851-1914), President of Argentina, 1910-13 (Charcot, 1912, Pl.1; Bongrain, 1914, vue 38 following p.60). Cape Saens [sic] Peña (BA chart 3175, 9.x.1914; [in 67°34'S 67°32'W] 3196, 12.xi.1948). Kapp Saens [sic] Peña (HA chart, 1927). Cabo Sáenz Peña (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.643). The cape was surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in October 1948. Cape Sáenz Peña (BA chart 3570, 27.vi.1952; [co-ordinates corrected] DCS 601 sheet 67 66, 1954; APC, 1955, p.18). Cape Sáenz (APC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; 3580, 10.xii.1982). Cabo Sáenz (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.195). Cabo Saens (Chile. DNH chart 1600, 1963; IHA, 1974, p.253).
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