Cape Scrymgeour
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 34 ′ S , 56 ° 27 ′ W | |
| location | Andersson Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Antarctic Sound | |
Cape Scrymgeour is a cape at the eastern end of Andersson Island in the Antarctic Sound off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is characterized by towering cliffs made of red volcanic rock.
The name goes back to Thomas Robertson (1855-1918) in 1893, captain of the whaler Active in the Dundee Whaling Expedition (1892-1893). Namesake is John Scrymgeour (1828-1891), administrator of the port of Dundee . The Cape named by Robertson was identified by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1947.
Web links
- Cape Scrymgeour in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Scrymgeour on geographic.org (English)