Cape Vahsel (Antarctica)
| Cape Vahsel | ||
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 49 ′ S , 30 ° 37 ′ W | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Luitpold coast | |
| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
Cape Vahsel is a cape on the Luitpold coast of the East Antarctic Coatsland .
Participants in the Second German Antarctic Expedition (1911–1912) under Wilhelm Filchner discovered and mapped it. Filchner named it after Richard Vahsel (1868–1912), captain of the expedition ship Deutschland , who died on August 8, 1912 during the expedition during the ice drift through the Weddell Sea .
Web links
- Cape Vahsel in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)