Black Cap (Antarctica)
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| location | Teall Island , Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Black Cap (English for black hat ) is a striking and rocky mountain peak in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It towers over the northwestern end of Teall Island immediately south of the confluence of the Skelton Glacier with the Ross Ice Shelf .
The New Zealand crew of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) sighted the formation in February 1957 and gave it its descriptive name.
Web links
- Black Cap in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Black Cap on geographic.org (English)