Tuxen, Cape
Cape Tuxen is a rocky cape forming the south side of the entrance to Waddington Bay on Kyiv Peninsula, the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered and named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–1899, under Gerlache.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland
- Also known as: “Cape Tuxen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Demaria, Mount and Mill, Mount.
Demaria, Mount
Peak
Mount Demaria is a mountain with precipitous sides, 635 metres high, rising immediately southeast of Cape Tuxen on the west coast of Kyiv Peninsula in Graham Land.
Mill, Mount
Peak
Mount Mill is a mountain, 735 metres, standing 2 nautical miles west of Mount Balch on the northeast shore of Waddington Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Mill, Mount is situated 3 km northeast of Tuxen, Cape.
Tuxen, Cape
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tuxen, Cape” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tuxen”
- Chinese: “圖森角”
- French: “cap Tuxen”
- French: “Cap Tuxen”
- German: “Kap Tuxen”
- Hebrew: “כף טאקסן”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Tuxen”
- Spanish: “Cabo Tuxen”
- Spanish: “Tuxen, Cabo”
- Swedish: “Tuxen”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Waddington Bay and Rasmussen Island.
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