Cape Circoncision

	Cape Circoncision
	; Cape Circoncision 1929 with the first hut built on the island
	Geographical location
Coordinates	54 ° 24 ′ S , 3 ° 18 ′ E Coordinates: 54 ° 24 ′ S , 3 ° 18 ′ E
location	Bouvet Island
Waters	South Atlantic

Cape Circoncision ( Norwegian Kapp Circoncision ) is a cape in the northwest of the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island , which is under Norwegian administration . It separates the Esmarch coast in the west and south from the morning bull coast in the east. It is located around 5 km west of Cape Valdivia , the northernmost point of the island. The cape was discovered on January 1st, 1739, the commemoration of the circumcision of the Lord , by the French navigator Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier and for a long time it was thought to be the northern cape of Terra Australis , the hypothetical southern continent.

Web links

Kapp Circoncision in The Place Names in Norwegian Polar Areas , Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo (English / Norwegian)
Carte des Terres Australes , Bouvets historical map of the "southerners" with the Cap de la Circoncision registered