Cape Folger

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

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

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Place ID: 4782
Name ID: 298

Feature type: Cape

Origin

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:

Narrative

An ice cape, about 19 km NNE of Casey Station. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1956) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). Named after Commander E C Folger, USN commander of USS Edisto, which took part in USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 07' 52.7" S
-66.13131°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
110° 44' 42.0" E
110.74500°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Accurate to 5m

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1969
Catalogue id
703D4
Photographer
Saunders, Lynn N

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Windmill Islands 1:50000 GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Wind50K
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

Related information

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