Cape Marsh
| Cape Marsh | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 15 ′ S , 59 ° 28 ′ W | |
| location | Robertson Island , West Antarctica | |
| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| height | 235 m | |
The Cape Marsh is a striking cape on the southeastern foothills of Robertson Island before Nordenskjöld Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It consists of a cliff over 235 m high .
The Norwegian whaling entrepreneur and Antarctic explorer Carl Anton Larsen discovered Robertson Island in 1893 and made a rough map. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) carried out surveys of the southern part of the island in July 1953. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the Cape in 1957 after George Walter Marsh (1925–1988), doctor and head of the FIDS station in Hope Bay in 1952 and 1953.
Web links
- Cape Marsh in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Marsh on geographic.org (English)