Cape Chin
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 Joinville Island (center) with Suspiros Bay (far left) and Cape Kinnes on the south side of the entrance to this bay |
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 22 ′ S , 56 ° 34 ′ W | |
| location | Joinville Island ( Joinville Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Antarctic Sound | |
| Waters 2 | Suspiros Bay | |
Cape Kinnes is a cape on the west coast of Joinville Island off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It limits the entrance from Antarctic Sound to Suspiros Bay to the south .
Participants of the Dundee Whaling Expedition (1892-1893) named the cape after the ship's owner Robert Kinnes (1854-1940), a sponsor of this expedition.
Web links
- Cape Kinnes in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Kinnes on geographic.org (English)