Cape Sørlle
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 45 ′ S , 44 ° 59 ′ W | |
| location | Fredriksen Island ( South Orkney Islands ) | |
| Waters | Lewthwaite Strait | |
| Waters 2 | Washington Strait | |
Cape Sørlle is a cliff-like cape at the southern end of Fredriksen Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands .
It was discovered and roughly mapped by Captains George Powell (1794–1824) and Nathaniel Palmer in December 1821. Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations carried out a new mapping in 1933 and named the cape after the Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sørlle (1884–1933), who carried out extensive surveys of the South Orkney Islands between 1912 and 1913.
Web links
- Cape Sørlle in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Sørlle on geographic.org (English)