Cape Penck

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

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

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Place ID: 11053
Name ID: 129984

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Ice-covered point fronting on West Ice Shelf about 35 mi WNW of Gaussberg, separating Leopold and Astrid Coast from Wilhelm II Coast. Roughly charted by the Western Base Party of the AAE, 1911-14, under Mawson, and named for Albrecht Penck, internationally known German geographer.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 43' 00.0" S
-66.71667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
87° 43' 00.0" E
87.71667°
Unknown precision
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:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1947

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