Cape Braathen

Map of Thurston Island.

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Cape Braathen (71°53′S 96°6′W / 71.883°S 96.100°W / -71.883; -96.100Coordinates: 71°53′S 96°6′W / 71.883°S 96.100°W / -71.883; -96.100) is an ice-covered cape at the northwest termination of Evans Peninsula on Thurston Island. Cape Walden lies to the west across Koether Inlet, Cape Menzel lies southeast across Cadwalader Inlet. It was delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Christoffer Braathen, ski expert and dog driver with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1928-30.

Maps

Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Braathen, Cape" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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