COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

NW entrance point of Couperin Bay, Beethoven Peninsula, S Alexander Island, marking the NW limit of Ronne Entrance, was seen from the air by USAS on a flight from the expedition's "East Base", 22 December 1940. The name Cape Perce after Earl B. Perce, USAS co-pilot and radio operator, was first applied to the W extremity of Beethoven Peninsula and shown in 71°38'S 71°25'W (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; Ronne, 1945, map p.14). Cabo Perce (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; [in 71°39'S 76°00'W] Chile. IHA, 1974, p.224). Kapp Perce (Hansen, chart [no number], 1947). Following air photography by RARE in 1947, the name Cape Perce was later applied to the present feature and shown in c. 71°39'S 76°00'W (USBGN, 1956, p.240). Capo Perce (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 6). The point was mapped by FIDS in 1959 from RARE air photographs. Perce Point ([in 72°04'S 74°17'W] APC, 1961, p.3; USBGN, 1961, p.26; Searle, 1963, end map; [co-ordinates corrected from US LANDSAT imagery of January 1973] APC, 1977, p.26). Punta Perce (Argentina. IGM map, 1966). Mys Pers (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24).

A low ice-covered point 12 mi WNW of Berlioz Point on the southern coast of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Discovered by Snow, Perce and Carroll of the USAS expedition in a flight from Stonington Island on Dec. 22, 1940. Originally named "Cape Perce" after Earl B. Perce, co-pilot of the discovery aircraft, but the term point is considered appropriate for this feature.

Cabo situado en el extremo SW de la isla Alejandro I. Recibe este nombre por Earl P. Perce, copiloto y radio operador durante un vuelo efectuado sobre la isla el 22 de diciembre de 1940 por el USAS.