Cecil Cave
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| Location: | Peter I Island , Antarctica | |
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68 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 90 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Cecil Cave ( Norwegian Cecilhola ) is a surf cave on the west coast of the Antarctic Peter I Island . It is located in the southern part of Cape Ingrid .
The Norwegian captain Eyvind Tofte discovered and named them in January 1927 during the Antarctic voyage of Odd I (1926-1927) financed by the Norwegian whaling entrepreneur Lars Christensen . Tofte and his second mate had rowed into this cave in their unsuccessful attempt to set foot on the island.
Web links
- Cecil Cave in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cecil Cave on geographic.org (English)