Cape Skottsberg
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Cape Skottsberg English: Skottsberg Point |
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 55 ′ S , 60 ° 49 ′ W | |
| location | Trinity Island , Palmer Archipelago , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Waters | Orléans Street | |
| Waters 2 | Mikkelsen Harbor | |
The Cape Skottsberg ( English Skottsberg Point ) is a headland on the south coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Graham Land . It forms the west side of Mikkelsen Harbor .
The cape was discovered and mapped during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld . He named it after the Swedish botanist Carl Johan Fredrik Skottsberg (1880–1963), a participant in the research trip .
Web links
- Scottsberg Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Scottsberg Point on geographic.org (English)