Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Flying Fish, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Flying Fish (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape (8)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
An ice-covered cape which forms the W extremity of Thurston Island. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd and members of the USAS in a flight from the Bear, February 1940. Named by US-SCAN for the USEE ship Flying Fish, commanded by Lt. William M. Walker, USN, which reached a point within 125 mi of this cape; the ship's position on the morning of Mar. 23, 1839 was 7000S, 10016W.
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