Cape Canwe
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 Topographic map with the Northern Foothills (center below) and Cape Canwe |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 43 ′ S , 163 ° 42 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Scott coast | |
| Waters | Priestley Glacier | |
The Cape Canwe is a high, rocky cliff at the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located around 5 km north of Vegetation Island in the western foothills of the Northern Foothills or on the eastern flank of the lower section of the Priestley Glacier .
The cape was first explored as part of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . It was named after the fact that the participants of the northern group of the expedition saw the cape from afar, but doubted whether they could reach it (English: Can we?, German: Can we? ).
Web links
- Cape Canwe in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Canwe on geographic.org (English)