Cape Emperor
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 14 ′ S , 62 ° 0 ′ W | |
| location | Lecointe Island ( Palmer Archipelago ) | |
| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
The Cape Kaiser ( French Cap Kaiser ) is a cape that forms the northern foothills of Lecointe Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899), led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery, discovered it. De Gerlache named it after the Belgian geographer Georges Kaiser, member of the Société Royale Belge de Géographie and supporter of the research trip .
Web links
- Cape Kaiser in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Kaiser on geographic.org (English)