Cape Irízar
| Cape Irízar | ||
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 33 ' S , 162 ° 57' E | |
| location | Lamplugh Island , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Ross Sea | |
Cape Irízar is a massive headland at the northern end of Lamplugh Island off the Scott coast of East Antarctic Victoria Land .
Participants of the Discovery Expedition (1901–1904), led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott, discovered the cape . Scott named it after Julián Irízar (1869-1935), captain of the Argentine corvette Uruguay , who had been used to rescue the stranded participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-1903).
Web links
- Cape Irízar in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Irízar on geographic.org (English)