Cape Reichelderfer
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 21 ′ S , 62 ° 47 ′ W | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Wilkins Coast | |
| Waters | Stefansson Strait | |
The Cape Reichelderfer is a round, mainly ice-covered cape at the Wilkins Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located about 6.5 km east of DeBusk Scarp on the west bank of Stefansson Strait .
It was spotted on December 20, 1928 during a flyover by the Australian polar explorer Hubert Wilkins . Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) mapped the cape in 1940, but incorrectly located it as Cape Rymill . This was corrected in 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948), whose leader Finn Ronne named the cape after Francis Reichelderfer (1895-1983), the head of the United States Weather Bureau .
Web links
- Cape Reichelderfer in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Reichelderfer on geographic.org (English)