Cape Sedov
| Cape Sedov | ||
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 22 ′ S , 14 ° 5 ′ E | |
| location | Lazarev Ice Shelf , Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Princess Astrid Coast | |
| Waters | Southern ocean | |
Cape Sedow ( Russian Мыс Седова Mys Sedowa ) is an ice cap off the Princess Astrid coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It forms the northwestern extension of the Lazarev Ice Shelf .
Participants in the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of Alfred Ritscher took the first aerial photographs and carried out mapping. Scientists on a Soviet Antarctic expedition mapped the cape again in 1959 and named it after the Russian polar explorer Georgi Jakowlewitsch Sedov (1877–1914).
Web links
- Cape Sedov in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Sedov on geographic.org (English)