Cape Vahsel
| Cape Vahsel | ||
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 46 ′ S , 35 ° 48 ′ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters | South Atlantic | |
Cape Vahsel is a cape that forms the eastern tip of South Georgia .
The British navigator and explorer James Cook carried out a rough mapping during his second South Sea voyage (1772–1775). This was refined by participants in the Second German Antarctic Expedition (1911–1912) under the direction of Wilhelm Filchner . Filchner named the cape after Richard Vahsel (1868–1912), the captain of the expedition ship Germany , who died during the research trip.
Web links
- Cape Vahsel in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Vahsel on geographic.org (English)