Cape Evans
Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Evans”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Windvane Hill and Scott’s Hut.
Windvane Hill
Peak
Photo: Sandwichgirl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay.
Scott’s Hut
Memorial
Photo: Eli Duke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scott's Hut is a building located on the north shore of Cape Evans on Ross Island in Antarctica. It was erected in 1911 by the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910–1913 led by Robert Falcon Scott.
Skua Lake
Lake
Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include World Park Base and Pakaru Icefalls.
World Park Base
Locality
World Park Base was a non-governmental year-round Antarctic base located at Cape Evans on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency. It was the only non-government Antarctic base.
Pakaru Icefalls
Locality
Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay.
Cape Evans
- Categories: headland, peninsula, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.63861° or 77° 38′ 19″ southLongitude
166.41167° or 166° 24′ 42″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
2VJ89C66+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 993944176OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Cape Evans” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خليج إيفانز”
- Azerbaijani: “Evans burnu”
- Cebuano: “Evans”
- Chinese: “埃文斯角”
- Danish: “Cape Evans”
- Dutch: “Kaap Evans”
- French: “cap Evans”
- French: “Cap Evans”
- French: “Skuary”
- German: “Kap Evans”
- Hebrew: “כף אוונס”
- Italian: “Cape Evans”
- Italian: “Capo Evans”
- Japanese: “エバンス岬”
- Latvian: “Cape Evans”
- Latvian: “Evansa rags”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape Evans”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Evans”
- Norwegian: “Cape Evans”
- Polish: “Cape Evans”
- Polish: “Przylądek Evansa”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Evans”
- Russian: “Мыс Эванса”
- Russian: “Эванс”
- Spanish: “Cabo Evans”
- Swedish: “Cape Evans”
- Swedish: “Evans”
- Turkish: “Evans Burnu”
- Ukrainian: “Мис Еванса”
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Highlights include West Beach and Algal Lake.
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