Cape New Haven

Cape New Haven (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

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

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Place ID: 20356
Name ID: 140217

Feature type: Cape

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The north-eastern cape on Low Island, South Shetland Islands.

Named For

Named after New Haven (Connecticut) home port of many Nineteenth-century sealing vessels, following the theme of sealers and sealing vessels in the South Shetland Islands. John Davis, Master of Huron (New Haven) landed on Low Island on 2 February 1821, with Charles Burdick, Master of Huntress. The cape contains a significant chinstrap penguin colony.

Location

Latitude:
63° 15' 03.0" S
-63.25083°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 03' 57.0" W
-62.06583°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
USGS Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica and SCAR Antarctic Digital Database in UK APC GIS; BAS aerial photography 2013, 30 m resolution; photography 12 cm resolution
Source Identifier:
https://apc.antarctica.ac.uk/
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
British Antarctic Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
8-Nov-2018

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