Polar Sea, Cape
Cape Polar Sea is a rock cape that forms the west extremity of Coulman Island in northwest Ross Sea. Named in 1998 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after USCGC Polar Sea, an icebreaker in support of United States Antarctic Program activities in the Ross, Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas, and other Antarctic coastal areas during 11 seasons, 1980–1997.- Type: Cape
- Description: Cape at the South Pole
- Also known as: “Cape Polar Sea” and “Polar Sea Cape”
Polar Sea, Cape
- Categories: headland, peninsula, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-73.53381° or 73° 32′ 2″ southLongitude
169.46319° or 169° 27′ 48″ eastElevation
42 metres (138 feet)Open location code
2VRFFF87+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 11047903240OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Polar Sea, Cape” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Polar Sea Cape”
- Chinese: “極地海洋角”
- Dutch: “Polar Sea Cape”
- German: “Kap Polar Sea”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Polar Sea”
- Swedish: “Polar Sea Cape”
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