Cape Gaudi
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 41 ′ S , 45 ° 46 ′ E | |
| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Alasheev Bay | |
Cape Gaudis ( Russian Мыс Гаудиса Mys Gaudisa ) is an ice cape on the coast of the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It is located around 2.5 km west of the Molodjoschnaja station on the banks of Alasheev Bay .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and in 1957 during a Soviet Antarctic expedition . Soviet scientists named the cape after the hydrographer A. I. Gaudis, who died on August 10, 1959 in the crash of a Lissunow Li-2 on the Chukchi Peninsula .
Web links
- Cape Gaudis in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)