Cape Geddes
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 Photo of Cape Geddes, with Chinstrap Penguins (March 1962) |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 41 ′ S , 44 ° 35 ′ W | |
| location | Laurie Island ( South Orkney Islands ) | |
| Waters | Browns Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Macdougal Bay | |
 Map of Laurie Island with Cape Geddes (top center) |
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Cape Geddes is a cape on the north coast of Laurie Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is at the northern end of the Ferguslie Peninsula between Browns Bay to the west and Macdougal Bay to the east. To the north-north-west are the Rudmose Rocks , a group of small rock islands, around 800 meters away .
Participants of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-1904) mapped the cape in 1903. Expedition leader William Speirs Bruce named it after the Scottish biologist and sociologist Patrick Geddes (1854-1932). From January 21, 1946 to March 17, 1947, Cape Geddes was the location of the scientific summer station of the same name (also Base C ) when it was replaced by the Signy station .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Cape Geddes in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Geddes on geographic.org (English)