Cape Meteor

Map of Bouvetøya

Cape Meteor (54°26′S 3°29′E / 54.433°S 3.483°E / -54.433; 3.483Coordinates: 54°26′S 3°29′E / 54.433°S 3.483°E / -54.433; 3.483; Norwegian: Kapp Meteor) is a cape marked by steep cliffs in the coastal area of Mowinckelkysten, north of Svartstranda beach, and forms the eastern extremity of the Bouvetøya in the South Atlantic .[1]

The cape was roughly charted in 1898 by the German Valdivia expedition led by marine biologist Carl Chun and was later named after the survey ship Meteor, the ship in which the German Meteor expedition visited the island in 1926. The name appears on a British chart based upon a 1930 survey by personnel on the Discovery II, but this may reflect an earlier naming.[2][3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Kapp Meteor (Bouvetøya)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Cape Meteor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 487. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Valdivia Expedition". Biodiversity Heritage Library. June 21, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2016.

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