Cape Willems
| Cape Willems | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 58 ′ S , 63 ° 16 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Danco coast | |
| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Waters 2 | Bay of Flanders | |
Cape Willems ( French Cap Willems Pierre ) is a cape that marks the entrance to the Bay of Flanders on the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula to the north.
It was first mapped by the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) under the direction of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery . He named the cape after the Belgian philologist Pierre Willems (1840–1898).
Web links
- Cape Willems in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Willems on geographic.org (English)