Cape Braathen

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

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

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Place ID: 1725
Name ID: 122839

Feature type: Cape (8)

Origin

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

Narrative

Ice-covered cape at the NW termination of Evans Peninsula on Thurston Island. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by US-ACAN for Christoffer Braathen, ski expert and dog driver with the ByrdAE of 1928-30.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 53' 00.0" S
-71.88333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
96° 06' 00.0" W
-96.10000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1960

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