Cape Westbrook

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

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

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Place ID: 15917
Name ID: 133588

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

Snow-covered cape forming the SW extremity of Alexander Island. Mapped by USGS from aerial photographs taken by RARE, 1947, U.S. Navy, 1967-68, and from U.S. Landsat imagery taken 1972-73. Named by US-ACAN for Capt. Darrel E. Westbrook, Jr., USN, Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, from June 1978 to June 1980.

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Location

Latitude:
71° 50' 00.0" S
-71.83333°
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Longitude:
75° 26' 00.0" W
-75.43333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
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Date approved:
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