Ekelöf Point
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Ekelöf Point Cape Ekelöf |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 13 ′ S , 57 ° 12 ′ W | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Admiralty Street | |
| Waters 2 | Markham Bay | |
The Ekelöf Point or Cape Ekelöf is high and rocky headland to the east of the James Ross Island . It marks the north side of the entrance to Markham Bay and is 8 km southwest of Cape Gage .
It was discovered and first mapped by participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) led by Otto Nordenskjöld . Nordenskjöld named it as Cape Ekelöf after Erik Alexander Ekelöf (1875–1936), the doctor on this research trip . Measurements by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1953 revealed the actual nature of the property as a headland, so Nordenskjöld's naming was adapted accordingly.
Web links
- Ekelöf Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ekelöf Point on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Nordenskjöld: Scientific results of the Swedish south polar expedition 1901-1903 . Vol. 1, Delivery 1: The Swedish South Polar Expedition and its geographic activity , Lithographic Institute of the General Staff, Stockholm 1911