Close, Cape
Cape Close is a cape on the coast of Enderby Land, 30 nautical miles west of Cape Batterbee. It was discovered by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929–31, under Mawson, who named it for Sir Charles Close, President of the Royal Geographical Society, 1927–30.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland
- Also known as: “Cape Close”
Close, Cape
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Close, Cape” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Close”
- Chinese: “克洛斯角”
- German: “Kap Close”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Close”
- Swedish: “Close (udde i Antarktis)”
- Swedish: “Close”
- Ukrainian: “Клоуз (мис)”
- Ukrainian: “Клоуз”
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