Denison, Cape

Cape Denison is a rocky point at the head of in , . It was discovered in 1912 by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Sir Hugh Denison of , a patron of the expedition.
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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: cape in Antarctica
  • Also known as: Cape Denison

Denison, Cape

Latitude
-67° or 67° south
Longitude
142.66667° or 142° 40′ east
Open location code
3R542M28+2M
Geo­Names ID
6632020
Wiki­data ID
Q857326
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Denison, Cape” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Denison
  • Chinese: 丹尼森角
  • Dutch: Cape Denison
  • French: cap Denison
  • French: Cap Denison
  • German: Kap Denison
  • Hebrew: כף דניסון
  • Italian: Cape Denison
  • Italian: Capo Denison
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cape Denison
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cape Denison
  • Norwegian: Cape Denison
  • Polish: Cape Denison
  • Polish: Przylądek Denisona
  • Russian: Мыс Денисона
  • Spanish: Cabo Denison
  • Swedish: Cape Denison
  • Swedish: Denison

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