Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Frances, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Frances (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape (8)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A cape on the eastern coast of Sturge Island in the Balleny Islands. In 1841 Ross, viewing Sturge Island from a considerable distance, thought it a group of three islands and named what he thought to be the centre one Frances Island. This error was discovered in 1904 by Scott, who applied the name to a cape on Sturge Island.
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