Cape Gates
| Cape Gates | ||
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 35 ′ S , 122 ° 38 ′ W | |
| location | Carney Island , Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Waters | Amundsen lake | |
Cape Gates is an icy cape that marks the northwestern extension of Carney Island off the Bakutis coast of West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using aerial photographs from January 1947 of the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Thomas S. Gates (1906-1983), Undersecretary of State in the United States Navy before and during Operation Deep Freeze and later the United States Department of Defense .
Web links
- Cape Gates in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Gates on geographic.org (English)