Vestkapp, Cape

Cape Vestkapp is a prominent westward projection of the ice front of the Antarctic continent's Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf, located midway along the ice front and about 60 nautical miles west of the , in the region of .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Cape
  • Description: peninsula on the Princess Martha Coast of Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Cape Vestkapp”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Drescher Ice Camp.

Locality
can refer to a decommissioned… is situated 9 km south of Vestkapp, Cape.

Vestkapp, Cape

Latitude
-72.75° or 72° 45′ south
Longitude
-19° or 19° west
Open location code
2CV37222+22
Geo­Names ID
6627498
Wiki­data ID
Q2563413
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Vestkapp, Cape” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Vestkapp”
  • Chinese: “韋斯特卡普角”
  • Dutch: “Vestkapp”
  • German: “Vestkapp”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestkapp”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vestkapp i Antarktis”
  • Swedish: “Vestkapp”

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