Cape Markow
| Cape Markow | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 46 ′ S , 50 ° 16 ′ E | |
| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Amundsen Bay | |
Cape Markow ( Russian Мыс Маркова Mys Markowa , English Cape Markov ) is an icy cape on the coast of the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It is 11 km west of Mount Riiser-Larsen on the east bank of Amundsen Bay .
The cape was named by scientists from a Soviet Antarctic expedition carried out from 1961 to 1962. It is named after the Soviet geomorphologist Konstantin Konstantinowitsch Markow (1905–1980) from Lomonossow University in Moscow , author of a number of scientific treatises on Antarctica .
Web links
- Cape Markov in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Markov on geographic.org (English)