Cape Alexander (Antarctica)
| Cape Alexander | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 44 ′ S , 62 ° 37 ′ W | |
| coast | Border between the Foyn and Oskar II coasts | |
| Waters | Larsen Ice Shelf ( Weddell Sea ) | |
| Waters 2 | Cabinet inlet | |
Cape Alexander ( in Argentina Cabo Suecia , Spanish for 'Cape Sweden') is the cape at the southern end of the Churchill Peninsula , which delimits the entrance to Cabinet Inlet on the Foyn coast of the Antarctic Graham Land. It also marks the southern end of the Oskar II coast .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it in 1947 and in December of the same year aerial photographs were taken by participants in the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). The survey named the cape after Albert Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough (1885–1965), then First Lord of the British Admiralty .
Web links
- Cape Alexander in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Alexander on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Suecia, cabo at the Australian Antarctic Data Center, accessed December 30, 2016