The Naze
| The Naze | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 57 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ W | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters 1 | Herbert Sound | |
| Waters 2 | Bahía Esteverena | |
| Waters 3 | Erebus and Terror Golf | |
| length | 8 kilometers | |
The Naze is a peninsula in the north of James Ross Island . It marks the southeast entrance to Herbert Sound and extends from Terrapin Hill in a northeast direction over a length of 8 km to the south-central coast of Vega Island .
Participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903), led by polar explorer Otto Nordenskjöld, discovered and named them Nåsudden (analogous to the nose hump ). The English-language name that is used today also comes from Nordenskjöld.
Web links
- The Naze in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Naze on geographic.org (English)