Colbeck, Cape

Cape Colbeck is a prominent ice-covered cape which forms the northwestern extremity of the Edward VII Peninsula and Marie Byrd Land in . It was discovered in January 1902 by the British National Antarctic Expedition and named for Captain William Colbeck, Royal Naval Reserve, who commanded Robert Scott's relief ship, the Morning.
Wikipedia
  • Cape
  • …is also known as “Cape Colbeck”
  • …is named after William Colbeck
  • Description: headland of Antarctica

Colbeck, Cape

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Latitude
-77.11667° or 77° 7′ south
Longitude
-157.9° or 157° 54′ west
Open location code
23J4V3MX+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10574244855
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
6631324
Wiki­data ID
Q1990087

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Colbeck, Cape” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Kolbek burnu”
  • Bavarian: “Kap Colbeck”
  • Catalan: “cap Colbeck”
  • Cebuano: “Colbeck”
  • Chinese: “科貝克角”
  • Dutch: “Cape Colbeck”
  • Esperanto: “Kabo Colbeck”
  • French: “cap Colbeck”
  • French: “Cap Colbeck”
  • Georgian: “ქოლბექის კონცხი”
  • German: “Kap Colbeck”
  • Hebrew: “כף קולבק”
  • Indonesian: “Tanjung Colbeck”
  • Italian: “Capo Colbeck”
  • Latvian: “Cape Colbeck”
  • Latvian: “Kolbeka rags”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Colbeck”
  • Polish: “Przylądek Colbecka”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo Colbeck”
  • Russian: “Колбек”
  • Russian: “Мыс Колбек”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Colbeck”
  • Swedish: “Colbeck”
  • Turkish: “Colbeck Burnu”

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