Cape Anna
| Cape Anna | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 35 ′ S , 62 ° 26 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Danco coast | |
| Waters | Wilhelmina Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Gerlache Street | |
The Cape Anna ( French Cap Anna ) is a striking cape of black rock, which with a height of 280 m at the northern end of Arctowski Peninsula on the Danco Coast of the Antarctic Graham Lands located. It forms the southwest boundary of the entrance to Wilhelmina Bay .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899), led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery, discovered it. It is named after Anna Osterrieth (born Lippens, 1877–1957), the wife of Jacques “Ernest” Osterrieth (1869–1947), a sponsor of the expedition.
Web links
- Cape Anna in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Anna on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 60 (English).