COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

NE point of Smith Island (q.v.), was roughly charted by Capt. William Smith in the brig Williams in October 1819 and named after him. Smith's Cape (Smith, 1819; Foster, chart, 1820; BA chart [no number], 1822). Smith Cap (Miers, 1820b, map facing p.228). Smiths Cape, referring to a non-existent point W of the cape (Weddell, 1825a, map facing p.132). Cap Smith (Miers, 1821, map p.4). South Cape (Weddell, 1825a, p.131). Cape Christi, Cape Christie (Mount Christi, q.v.) (Foster and Kendall, chart, 1829a; [1829b]). Smith Cape (BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839). Cap Smyth [sic] (Vincendon-Dumoulin, atlas, 1847, Pl. 43). Cabo Smyth (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861). Smith C. (Petermann, map, 1867). Cape Smith (USHO chart 1132, 1894; BA chart 3205, 1.vi.1901; [in 62 °51'S 62°20'W] 25.iii.1937; [co-ordinates corrected] APC, 1955, p.19; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962). Cabo Smith (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map; [referring to a point 3 km W of the cape] Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948; Pierrou, 1970, p.665; [referring to the cape] Chile. IHA, 1974, p.263). Smith K (Nordenskjöld, 1911b, Fig. 20, p.56). Kapp Smith (HA chart, 1928). Cabo Granville, so called by AAE, 1947-48, after the expedition ship Granville (Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948; Pierrou, 1970, p.401). The cape was recharted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit from John Biscoe, 1951-52. Granville (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.233). Capo Barlow (Barlow Island, q.v.) (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 9). Mys Smit (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Cape forming the N end of Smith Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The discovery of the South Shetland Islands was first reported in 1819 by Capt. William Smith, for whom the cape is named.

Se le dio este nombre por el capitán William Smith, quien en 1819 informó el descubrimiento de las islas Shetland del Sur. Recibe este nombre el extremo NE de isla Smith, en las islas Shetland del Sur. Es alto, en forma de cúpula, sus paredes caen a pique hacia el mar.