Cape Polar Star
Cape Polar Star is a bold cape which forms the southwest extremity of Coulman Island in northwestern Ross Sea. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1987 after USCGC activities in Antarctica, including the Ross Sea, since Operation Deep Freeze, 1978.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Polar Star, Cape”
Cape Polar Star
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-73.62456° or 73° 37′ 28″ southLongitude
169.68418° or 169° 41′ 3″ eastElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Named after
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC)Open location code
2VRF9MGM+5MOpenStreetMap ID
node 11047903239OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
6623425Wikidata ID
Q2603849
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cape Polar Star” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Polar Star”
- Chinese: “極地之星角”
- German: “Kap Polar Star”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape Polar Star”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Polar Star”
- Norwegian: “Cape Polar Star”
- Swedish: “Polar Star”
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