Wood, Cape

Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of between Cape Barrow and . Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, surgeon on .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Cape
  • Description: headland in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Cape Wood”

Wood, Cape

Latitude
-71.4° or 71° 24′ south
Longitude
169.3° or 169° 18′ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Named after
Charles Wood
Open location code
2VWFH8X2+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11047902661
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
6628261
Wiki­data ID
Q2604523
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Satellite Map

Discover Wood, Cape from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wood, Cape” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wood”
  • Chinese: “伍德角”
  • Dutch: “Cape Wood”
  • German: “Kap Wood”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Wood”
  • Swedish: “Cape Wood, Antarktis”
  • Swedish: “Wood”

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