Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Sørlle, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Sørlle (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.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Rocky bluff marking the S end of Fredriksen Island in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered and first charted in 1821 by Capt. George Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer. Recharted in 1933 by DI personnel on the Discovery II and named for Capt. Petter Sorlle, Norwegian whaler who made a running survey of the South Orkney Islands in 1912-13.
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