Cape Mikhaylov

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

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

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Place ID: 9546
Name ID: 317

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

A cape on the Moscow University Ice Shelf, Sabrina Coast, Wilkes Land, about 114 km west of the Henry Islands. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump in 1947. Plotted on base compilation sheets by Gardner Blodgett of the Office of Geography, US Department of the Interior, in 1955. Photographed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956. Named after N. Mikhaylov, artist with the Bellingshausen Expedition (1819-21).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 55' 00.1" S
-66.91669°
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Longitude:
118° 33' 00.0" E
118.55000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1962
Catalogue id
3966A2
Photographer
Law, Phillip Garth (Phil)

Map

Source

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Source Person:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
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Date approved:
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