Cape Torson
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 40 ′ S , 90 ° 36 ′ E | |
| location | Kaiser Wilhelm II Land | |
| Waters | Davissee | |
| Waters 2 | Posadowskybai | |
Cape Torson ( Russian Мыс Торсона Mys Torsona ) is a cape on the coast of the East Antarctic Kaiser Wilhelm II . It marks the east side of the entrance to Posadowskybai .
The cape was first mapped on the basis of aerial photographs from the US American Operation Highjump (1946–1947). Participants in a Soviet Antarctic expedition re-mapped in 1956. They named it after Konstantin Petrowitsch Torson (1793-1851), lieutenant on board the ship Vostok in the first Russian Antarctic expedition (1819-1821) under the direction of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen .
Web links
- Cape Torson in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Torson on geographic.org (English)