Cape Ryugu
| Cape Ryugu | ||
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 8 ′ S , 42 ° 36 ′ E | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Crown Prince Olav Coast | |
| Waters | Cosmonaut Lake | |
The Cape Ryūgū ( Japanese 竜 宮 岬 Ryūgū-misaki , German 'Cape of the Undersea Dragon Palace ' ; Norwegian Ægehallneset 'Ægirhallennase' ) is a rocky cape on the Crown Prince Olav coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It is located 11 km northeast of Rakuda Rock .
Aerial photographs and measurements by a Japanese Antarctic expedition (1957–1962), as a result of which the cape was named in 1963, were used to map it. The namesake of the Norwegian name is the hall of Ægir , the "giant of the sea" from Norse mythology.
Web links
- Cape Ryūgū in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Ryūgū on geographic.org (English)