Cape Circoncision
Cape Circoncision | ||
Cape Circoncision 1929 with the first hut built on the island |
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Store norske leksikon , accessed on October 17, 2019 (Norwegian).