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)
Filchner, Cape (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cape Filchner (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cape
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An ice-covered cape facing the Davis Sea, about 26 km WNW of Adams Island. This feature marks the boundary between Queen Mary Land the Wilhelm II Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Dr Wilhelm Filchner, leader of the German Antarctic Expedition (1911-12).
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