Cape Polar Star
| Cape Polar Star | ||
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 38 ′ S , 169 ° 40 ′ E | |
| location | Coulman Island ( East Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Glacier Strait | |
| Waters 2 | Ross Sea | |
Cape Polar Star is a massive cape that forms the southwestern extension of Coulman Island off the Borchgrevink coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land.
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1997. It is named after the USCGC Polar Star icebreaker , which has been used mainly in the Ross Sea since Operation Deep Freeze in 1978 .
Web links
- Cape Polar Star in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Polar Star on geographic.org (English)