Cape Neumayer
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 42 ′ S , 60 ° 33 ′ W | |
| location | Trinity Island , Palmer Archipelago , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Waters | Gilbert Strait | |
Cape Neumayer is a cape that marks the northeastern end of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula .
Participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) led by Otto Nordenskjöld mapped it. Nordenskjöld named it after the German geophysicist Georg von Neumayer (1826–1909).
Web links
- Cape Neumayer in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Neumayer on geographic.org (English)