Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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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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 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).
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