Cape Faraday
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 Map of the South Orkney Islands with Powell Island and Cape Faraday (right half of the picture) |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 38 ′ S , 45 ° 4 ′ W | |
| location | Powell Island ( South Orkney Islands ) | |
| Waters | Washington Strait | |
| Waters 2 | Lewthwaite Strait | |
Cape Faraday is a cape that forms the northern tip of Powell Island in the Archipelago of the South Orkney Islands .
The British sealer captain George Powell and his American counterpart Nathaniel Palmer discovered the cape during their exploration of the South Orkney Islands in December 1821. The name of the cape is on the map published by Powell in 1822. The namesake is not known.
Web links
- Cape Faraday in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Faraday on geographic.org (English)