Cape Akarui
| Cape Akarui | ||
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 29 ′ S , 41 ° 23 ′ E | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Crown Prince Olav Coast | |
| Waters | Cosmonaut Sea ( Southern Ocean ) | |
Cape Akarui ( Norwegian Bjartodden ) is a rocky headland on the Crown Prince Olav Coast of Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica . It is located about 18 km northeast of Cape Omega .
It was mapped and photographed by participants in the Japanese Antarctic expedition, which lasted from 1957 to 1962, and who descriptively named it Akarui-misaki ( Japanese 明 る い 岬 , bright cape ).
Web links
- Cape Akarui in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Akarui on geographic.org (English)