Cape Purvis
| Cape Purvis | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 35 ′ S , 55 ° 59 ′ W | |
| location | Dundee Island ( Joinville Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Erebus and Terror Golf | |
The Cape Purvis is a cape on the southern branch of Dundee Iceland in the archipelago of Joinville Islands off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula .
The British polar explorer James Clark Ross discovered the cape in December 1842 during his Antarctic expedition (1839-1843). Ross named it after the future Admiral John Brett Purvis (1787-1857), who helped the expedition.
Web links
- Cape Purvis in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Purvis on geographic.org (English)