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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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Feature type: Cape
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The north-eastern cape on Low Island, South Shetland Islands.
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.
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