Cape Broms
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 19 ′ S , 58 ° 18 ′ W | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Waters 2 | Röhss Bay | |
Cape Broms is a cape that borders the entrance to Röhss Bay to the south on the west coast of James Ross Island, northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula .
The cape was discovered during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld . He named it after the Swedish entrepreneur Gustaf Emil Broms (1849–1903), a sponsor of the research trip .
Web links
- Cape Broms in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Broms on geographic.org (English)