Cape Murmanskiy
| Cape Murmanskiy | ||
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 40 ′ S , 13 ° 20 ′ E | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Princess Astrid Coast | |
| Waters | Lazarev lake | |
| Waters 2 | Lazarev Ice Shelf | |
Cape Murmanskiy ( Russian Мыс Мурманскиь Mys Murmanski , German 'Cape Murmansk' ) is a cape on the Princess Astrid coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is 40 km north-northeast of Leningradskiy Island on the west side of the Lazarev Ice Shelf .
Scientists on a Soviet Antarctic expedition mapped it in 1959 and named it after the city of Murmansk . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated this designation into English in 1971.
Web links
- Cape Murmanskiy in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Murmanskiy on geographic.org (English)