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| Cape Evensen (GBR) | 66° 09' 00.0" S | 65° 44' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 108731
Place ID: 4392
N entrance point of Auvert Bay, Graham Coast, was roughly charted by FAE, 1903-05, and named Cap Evensen after Kapt. Carl Julius Evensen, Master of Hertha (Hertha Nunatak,q.v.) of NWE, 1893-94, which visited the area between Graham Coast and Biscoe Islands (Charcot, 1906a, map facing p.316; [incorrectly referring to the rock buttresses in Auvert Bay] Bongrain, 1914, vue 26 following p.60). Pointe Evensen (Charcot, 1906b, p. 477). Cape Evensen (BA chart 1238, ix.1908; APC, 1955, p.9; DCS 601 sheet 66 64, 1955; BA chart 3570, 29.ix.1961).Kapp Evensen (HA chart, 1927). Cape Evansen [sic] (Carey and Nelson, 1931a). The cape was remapped by BGLE in 1935 and incorrectly called Cape Waldeck Rousseau (Waldeck Peak, q.v.) (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.400). Cape Evenson [sic] (USHO chart 5411, 1940). Cabo Evensen (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.352; Chile. IHA, 1974, p. 119). Cabo Waldeck Rousseau (Chile. DNH chart LII, 1947). Cape Evanson [sic] (James, 1949, p.59). G. [sic] Evensen (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.294a). The cape was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Cabo Ivensen [sic], as rejected form (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.119). |
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| Cape Evensen (USA) | 66° 09' 00.0" S | 65° 44' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 124930
Place ID: 4392
Cape forming the N side of the entrance to Auvert Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the FrAE, 1903-05, and named by Charcot for Capt. C.J. Evensen of the Hertha, who explored along the W coast of Antarctic Peninsula in 1893. |
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| Evensen, cabo (ARG) | 66° 14' 00.0" S | 65° 37' 00.0" W | Cape |
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| Evensen, Cabo (CHL) | 66° 09' 00.0" S | 65° 44' 00.0" W | Cape |
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Name ID: 105522
Place ID: 4392
Descubierta por la Expedición Antártica Francesa de 1903-1905, al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot, quien le dio el nombre por C. J. Evensen, capitán del "Hertha", buque que exploró la costa occidental de península Tierra de O'Higgins en 1893. En algunas cartas chilenas de 1947 figuró como cabo Waldeck Rousseau y en una publicación como cabo Ivensen. Cabo que limita por el N la bahía Auvert, situado 4 millas al SW de cabo Black, costa occidental de Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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