Frances, Cape

Cape Frances is a cape on the east side of in the Balleny Islands. In 1841, Captain James C. Ross, viewing Sturge Island from a considerable distance, thought it a group of three islands and named the center island Frances.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Cape
  • Description: headland in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Cape Frances”, “Frances”, and “Frances Island”

Frances, Cape

Latitude
-67.43333° or 67° 26′ south
Longitude
164.90833° or 164° 54′ 30″ east
Open location code
3V46HW85+M8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11047902643
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
6633419
Wiki­data ID
Q794736
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Frances, Cape” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Frances”
  • Chinese: “弗朗西斯角”
  • Dutch: “Frances”
  • German: “Kap Frances”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Frances”
  • Swedish: “Cape Frances”
  • Swedish: “Frances”

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