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Cape Lindsey

Coordinates: 61°6′S 55°29′W / 61.100°S 55.483°W / -61.100; -55.483
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Cape Lindsey is a cape which forms the western extremity of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The name appears on George Powell's map published by Richard Holmes Laurie in 1822.[1]

3 nmi (5.6 km) northwest is West Reef, whose name is an old sealer name dating back to at least 1822, descriptive of its location relative to Elephant Island.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Cape Lindsey". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  2. ^ "West Reef". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-06-17.

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61°6′S 55°29′W / 61.100°S 55.483°W / -61.100; -55.483