Cape New Haven
| Cape New Haven | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 15 ′ S , 62 ° 4 ′ W | |
| location | Low Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters | Osmar Strait | |
The Cape New Haven is a cape on the north coast of low Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located just east of Venev Point and is the site of a chinstrap penguin colony .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2018 after New Haven , Connecticut , home of the first sealers operating in the waters around the South Shetland Islands in the 1820s.
Web links
- Cape New Haven . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland and the South Orkney Islands (English)