Dovers, Cape
Cape Dovers is a cape fronting on the Shackleton Ice Shelf, 5 nautical miles south of Henderson Island. It was discovered by the Western Base party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–1914, under Mawson, and named for G.- Cape
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
- …is also known as “Cape Dovers”
- Description: Cape in Antarctica
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-66.48333° or 66° 29′ south
Longitude
97.16667° or 97° 10′ east
Open location code
3M5VG588+MM
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Dovers, Cape” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dovers (punta)”
- Cebuano: “Dovers”
- Chinese: “多佛爾斯角”
- German: “Kap Dovers”
- Hebrew: “כף דוברס”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Dovers”
- Swedish: “Dovers (udde)”
- Swedish: “Dovers”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hughes Passage and Henderson Island.
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