🏔️ Cape Westbrook

Antarctica · Antarctica · 71.84°S, 75.44°W

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Cape Westbrook is a snow-covered cape forming the southwest extremity of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The headland was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from aerial photographs taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947, U.S. Navy, 1967–68, and from U.S. Landsat imagery taken 1972–73. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain Darrel E. Westbrook, Jr., U.S. Navy, Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, from June 1978 to June 1980.

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Quick facts

CountryAntarctica
Continent / regionAntarctica
Coordinates (approx.)71.84°S, 75.44°W · view on map

Cape Westbrook 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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