Cape Tuxen
| Cape Tuxen | ||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 16 ′ S , 64 ° 7 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Graham coast | |
| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Waters 2 | Waddington Bay and Penola Strait | |
Cape Tuxen is a rocky cape on the Graham Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . In the southwest of the Kiev Peninsula , it marks the southern limit of the entrance to Waddington Bay and the eastern limit of the southern entrance to Penola Strait .
It was discovered and named in the course of the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) by the expedition leader Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery . The naming background or the namesake is unknown.
Web links
- Cape Tuxen in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Tuxen on geographic.org (English)