Cape Andreas
| Cape Andreas | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 0 ′ S , 60 ° 44 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Davis coast | |
| Waters | Orléans Street | |
| Waters 2 | Curtiss Bay | |
Cape Andrew is a cape on the Davis Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks the east side of the entrance to Curtiss Bay .
Participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903), led by polar explorer Otto Nordenskjöld, discovered the cape and named it after Karl Andreas Andersson (1875–1968), the zoologist on the expedition.
Web links
- Cape Andreas in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Andreas on geographic.org (English)