Cape Bird
Cape Bird is a cape which marks the north extremity of Ross Island in Antarctica. It was discovered in 1841 by a British expedition under James Clark Ross, and named by him after Lieutenant Edward J. Bird of the ship HMS Erebus.Cape Bird
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Antarctica
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.16313° or 77° 9′ 47″ southLongitude
166.69817° or 166° 41′ 53″ eastOpen location code
2VJ8RMPX+P7OpenStreetMap ID
node 10802598385OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
6625561Wikidata ID
Q2563013
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cape Bird” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bird (punta sa Antarctica)”
- Cebuano: “Bird”
- Chinese: “伯德角 (羅斯島)”
- Chinese: “伯德角”
- French: “cap Bird”
- French: “Cap Bird”
- German: “Kap Bird”
- Hebrew: “כף בירד”
- Italian: “Capo Bird”
- Latvian: “Bērda rags”
- Latvian: “Cape Bird”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Bird”
- Swedish: “Bird (udde i Antarktis)”
- Swedish: “Cape Bird”
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