Cape hangover
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 46 ′ S , 59 ° 51 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Davis coast | |
| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Waters 2 | Charcot Bay | |
Cape Kater is a rock-lined cape that marks the west side of the entrance to Charcot Bay on the Davis Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula .
The area around the Cape was mapped by the British polar explorer Henry Foster during his Antarctic voyage (1828–1832) with the HMS Chanticleer . Foster named the cape after the British physicist Henry Kater (1777-1835), who was involved in the preparations for the expedition. Participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) led by Otto Nordenskjöld carried out more detailed mapping . Its name Cape Gunnar did not catch on.
Web links
- Cape Kater in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Kater on geographic.org (English)