Laird, Cape
Cape Laird is a rocky cape 8 nautical miles northwest of Cape May, along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition for Malcolm G.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: near the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Cape Laird” and “Laird”
Laird, Cape
- Categories: headland, peninsula, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-81.68333° or 81° 41′ southLongitude
162.45° or 162° 27′ eastNamed after
Malcolm LairdOpen location code
2VC48C8X+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 11047870503OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Laird, Cape” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Laird”
- Chinese: “萊爾德角”
- Dutch: “Laird”
- German: “Kap Laird”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape Laird”
- Swedish: “Cape Laird”
- Swedish: “Laird”
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