Cape Fie
Cape Fie, located at, is a cape marking the southeast extremity of Bouvetøya in the South Atlantic Ocean. It was first roughly charted in 1898 by a German expedition under Carl Chun, and was re-charted and named by the Norwegian expedition under Captain Harald Horntvedt who explored the area from the Norvegia in December 1927.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland
- Also known as: “Discovery Point” and “Kapp Fie”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Valdivia and Cape Circoncision.
Cape Valdivia
Locality
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Cape Valdivia is the northernmost point on Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. The subantarctic Bouvet Island is administered by Norway. Cape Valdivia lies in the centre of the island's highest point. Cape Valdivia is situated 8 km northwest of Cape Fie.
Cape Circoncision
Locality
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Cape Circoncision is a peninsula on the north-western edge of subantarctic Bouvet Island. The small peninsula was sighted by the French naval exploration that was led by Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier on 1 January 1739, the Feast of the Circumcision day—thus the name. Cape Circoncision is situated 9 km northwest of Cape Fie.
Cape Fie
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Bouvet Island
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Cape Fie” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Kap Fie”
- Bavarian: “Kapp Fie”
- Catalan: “Cap Fie”
- Cebuano: “Cape Fie”
- Cebuano: “Kapp Fie”
- Chinese: “菲角”
- French: “cap Fie”
- French: “Cap Fie”
- French: “Kapp Fie”
- German: “Kap Fie”
- German: “Kapp Fie”
- Japanese: “フィエ岬”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Fie”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kap Fie”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapp Fie”
- Spanish: “Cabo Fie”
- Spanish: “Kapp Fie”
- Swedish: “Cape Fie”
- Swedish: “Kap Fie”
- Swedish: “Kapp Fie”
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