Parr, Cape
Cape Parr is a large snow-covered cape along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, about 8 nautical miles south of Gentile Point. Discovered by the Discovery expedition under Scott, who named it for Admiral Alfred Arthur Chase Parr, one of Scott's advisors who had served in Arctic exploration.- Cape
- …is also known as “Cape Parr”
- Categories
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-81.23333° or 81° 14′ south
Longitude
161.06667° or 161° 4′ east
Open location code
2VC3Q388+MM
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Parr, Cape” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Parr”
- Chinese: “帕爾角”
- Dutch: “Parr”
- German: “Kap Parr”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Parr”
- Swedish: “Parr, Antarktis”
- Swedish: “Parr”
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Notable Places Nearby
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Antarctica: Highlights
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