Crozier, Cape

Cape Crozier is the most easterly point of in Antarctica. It was discovered in 1841 during James Clark Ross's polar expedition of 1839 to 1843 with HMS Erebus and , and was named after Commander Francis Crozier, captain of HMS Terror, one of the two ships of Ross' expedition.
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Photo: James Clark Ross, Public domain.
  • Type: Cape
  • Description: Antarctic peninsula
  • Also known as: Cape Crozier

Places of Interest

Highlights include Knoll, The and Kyle Cone.

Peak
The Kyle Hills are a prominent group of volcanic cones, hills, ridges, and peaks that occupy the eastern part of , Antarctica, between and Cape Crozier.

Peak
The Kyle Hills are a prominent group of volcanic cones, hills, ridges, and peaks that occupy the eastern part of , Antarctica, between and Cape Crozier.

Peak
The Kyle Hills are a prominent group of volcanic cones, hills, ridges, and peaks that occupy the eastern part of , Antarctica, between and Cape Crozier.

Crozier, Cape

Latitude
-77.51004° or 77° 30′ 36″ south
Longitude
169.35202° or 169° 21′ 7″ east
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
2VJFF9Q2+XR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11047903247
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
6631677
Wiki­data ID
Q547012
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Crozier, Cape” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كيب كروزر
  • Catalan: Cap Crozier
  • Cebuano: Crozier
  • Chinese: 克羅澤角
  • Dutch: Crozier
  • Dutch: Kaap Crozier
  • Esperanto: Kabo Crozier
  • French: cap Crozier
  • French: Cap Crozier
  • Georgian: კროზიეს კონცხი
  • German: Kap Crozier
  • Hebrew: כף קרוזייה
  • Indonesian: Tanjung Crozier
  • Italian: Capo Crozier
  • Latvian: Krozjē rags
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cape Crozier
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cape Crozier
  • Norwegian: Cape Crozier
  • Portuguese: Cabo Crozier
  • Spanish: Cabo Crozier
  • Swedish: Crozier

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Todd Hill and Bomb Peak.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Crozier, Cape”. Photo: James Clark Ross, Public domain.