Cloos, Cape
Cape Cloos is a high rock cape fronting on Lemaire Channel and marking the north side of the entrance to Girard Bay on Kyiv Peninsula, on the west coast of Graham Land.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland
- Also known as: “Cape Cloos” and “Cloos, Cap”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cloos, Mount and Pléneau Island.
Cloos, Mount
Peak
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Mount Cloos is a dome-shaped mountain probably over 915 metres high, standing at the north side of Girard Bay and 2.3 miles northeast of Cape Cloos, on the northwest coast of Kyiv Peninsula in Graham Land.
Pléneau Island
Island
Photo: Lewnwdc77, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hovgaard Island is an island 3 nautical miles long, lying 1.5 nautical miles southwest of Booth Island in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. Pléneau Island is situated 3 km northwest of Cloos, Cape.
Glandaz Point
Peak
Glandaz Point is a point forming the south side of the entrance to Deloncle Bay in Kyiv Peninsula, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and was named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for A. Glandaz Point is situated 4 km north of Cloos, Cape.
Cloos, Cape
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cloos, Cape” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cloos”
- Chinese: “克洛斯角 (葛拉漢地)”
- Chinese: “克洛斯角”
- German: “Kap Cloos”
- Hebrew: “כף קלוז”
- Hebrew: “כף קלוס”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Cloos”
- Spanish: “Cloos, cabo”
- Swedish: “Cape Cloos”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Roullin Point and Wilhelm Archipelago.
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