Cape Vahsel

Cape Vahsel is a headland forming the eastern tip of South Georgia. It was roughly charted by Captain James Cook in 1775, remapped by the Second German Antarctic Expedition under Wilhelm Filchner, 1911–12, and named for Captain Richard Vahsel, master of the expedition ship Deutschland.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ferguson Peak and Quensel Glacier.

Peak
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
is a peak, 560 metres high, standing close west of the head of Cooper Bay in the eastern extremity of South Georgia. It was photographed by Niall Rankin during his visit to South Georgia in 1947.

Glacier
is a small flowing southeast into Cooper Bay at the east tip of South Georgia. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Percy D.

Cape Vahsel

Latitude
-54.76396° or 54° 45′ 50″ south
Longitude
-35.7997° or 35° 47′ 59″ west
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
39Q666P2+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1826172313
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
3426241
Wiki­data ID
Q393967
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Cape Vahsel” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “瓦謝爾角”
  • Dutch: “Cape Vahsel”
  • German: “Kap Vahsel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Vahsel”
  • Spanish: “Cape Vahsel”

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