Cape Hooker (South Shetland Islands)
Cape Hooker Punta Asconapé |
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Coordinates | 63 ° 20 ′ S , 61 ° 57 ′ W | |
location | Low Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
Waters | Bransfield Street |
Cape Hooker (in Argentina Punta Asconapé ) is the cape that forms the southeastern extension of Low Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands .
The first mappings go back to seal hunters in the 19th century . The British navigator Henry Foster mapped it in 1829 as the northeastern extension of Low Island. He probably named it after the British botanist William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865). Aerial photographs from the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1955–1957) show that the shape of the island has changed dramatically since Foster's mapping. Foster's naming was carried over to the Cape described here. The Argentinean name is named after Diego Asconapé, captain of the Primero de Mayo on a supply trip to the Orcadas station between 1930 and 1931.
Web links
- Cape Hooker in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Hooker on geographic.org (English)