Cape Hartree
| Cape Hartree | ||
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 47 ′ S , 44 ° 45 ′ W | |
| location | Laurie Island ( South Orkney Islands ) | |
| coast | Mossman Peninsula | |
| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Waters 2 | Buchan Bay | |
The Cape Hartree is a cape on the south coast of Laurie Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It forms the southwestern tip of the Mossman Peninsula and marks the western boundary of the entrance to Buchan Bay .
It was discovered and roughly mapped in 1821 by the British sealer captain George Powell (1794-1824) on the Dove and the American navigator Nathaniel Palmer on the Hero . The name of the cape first appears on a map Powell published in 1822. The name remained unchanged until 1905. The namesake is unknown. A cartographic survey was also carried out by participants in the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition , led by William Speirs Bruce in 1903. Bruce named it Cape McVitie after Robert McVitie Jr. (1854-1910), Edinburgh biscuit maker and sponsor of the expedition. Since then, the names Cape McVitie , Cape Vitie or misspelled derivatives of the same can be found on some maps as an alternative to the original name .
Web links
- Cape Hartree in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Hartree on geographic.org (English)