Cape Dundas
| Cape Dundas | ||
 Map of Laurie Island with Cape Dundas (right) |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 43 ′ S , 44 ° 25 ′ W | |
| location | Laurie Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| coast | Ferrier Peninsula | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Fitchie Bay | |
Cape Dundas is the eastern cape of Laurie Island in the archipelago of the Southern Orkney Islands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms the foothills of the Ferrier Peninsula .
The British navigator James Weddell sighted the cape on January 12, 1823 and named it after the Scottish Dundas family, from which numerous well-known politicians emerged.
Web links
- Cape Dundas in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Dundas on geographic.org (English)