Cabo Depot

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Cabo Depot
Geographical location
Cabo Depot (Antarctic Peninsula)
Cabo Depot
Coordinates 64 ° 23 ′  S , 57 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 64 ° 23 ′  S , 57 ° 26 ′  W
location James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica )
Waters Admiralty Street

The Cabo Depot ( Spanish , in Argentina Cabo Depósito ) is a cape on the southeast coast of the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It is 4 miles west southwest of Hamilton Point on Admiralty Road .

The cape was discovered during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld . The name, however, goes back to Chilean scientists. The further naming background has not been passed down.

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