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Cape Torson

Coordinates: 66°40′S 90°36′E / 66.667°S 90.600°E / -66.667; 90.600
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Cape Torson (66°40′S 90°36′E / 66.667°S 90.600°E / -66.667; 90.600) is a point at the east side of Posadowsky Bay on the coast of Antarctica. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Remapped by the Soviet expedition 1956, who named it after Lieutenant K.P. Torson, of the ship Vostok in the Bellingshausen expedition 1819-21.

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