🏔️ Cape Dalton

Antarctica · Antarctica · 66.88°S, 56.69°E

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Cape Dalton is a point marking the southeast end of a snow-covered island, located 1 nautical mile (2 km) north of Abrupt Point on the western side of Edward VIII Bay. It was first mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37) and, though not specifically named on the map, the point appears to have been included as part of two larger features called "Skutenes" and "Skutenesmulen." Skutenes was subsequently mapped by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) as two snow-covered islands, making this descriptive name and Skutenesmulen, a derivative, inappropriate. ANARE named the point Cape Dalton for R.F.M. Dalton, officer in charge of ANARE work at Macquarie Island, 1953.

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Quick facts

CountryAntarctica
Continent / regionAntarctica
Coordinates (approx.)66.88°S, 56.69°E · view on map

Cape Dalton is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

More headlands in Antarctica

Ablation Point · Abrupt Point · Access Point (Antarctica) · Ackley Point · Aguda Point · Almond Point · Andreassen Point · Andrews Point · Andrus Point · Angot Point.

Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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