Cape Kjellman
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Coordinates | 63 ° 43 ′ S , 59 ° 25 ′ W | |
location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
coast | Trinity Peninsula and Davis Coast | |
Waters | Bransfield Street | |
Waters 2 | Charcot Bay |
Cape Kjellman is a cape in the west of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . As the western extension of the Beliza Peninsula , it forms the border between the Trinity Peninsula in the north and the Davis Coast in the south on the east side of the entrance from Bransfield Strait into Charcot Bay .
The cape was mapped during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld . It is named after the Swedish botanist Frans Reinhold Kjellman (1846–1907).
Web links
- Cape Kjellman in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Kjellman on geographic.org (English)