Vestkapp
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 40 ′ S , 19 ° 0 ′ W | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Princess Martha Coast | |
| Waters | Riiser Larsen Ice Shelf | |
| Waters 2 | Weddell Sea | |
The Vestkapp ( Norwegian for Western Cape ) is a striking cape at the Princess Martha Coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Lands . It rises from the front of the Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf and protrudes about 100 km west of the Kraulberge into the Weddell Sea .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named the cape, mapped it based on aerial photographs of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952).
Web links
- Cape Vestkapp in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Vestkapp on geographic.org (English)