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.- Cape
- …is also known as “Cape Close”
- Description: headland
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-65.91667° or 65° 55′ south
Longitude
52.48333° or 52° 29′ east
Open location code
3H6J3FMM+88
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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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