Cape Cockburn

Cape Cockburn (

64°1′S 62°18′W / 64.017°S 62.300°W / -64.017; -62.300Coordinates: 64°1′S 62°18′W / 64.017°S 62.300°W / -64.017; -62.300) is a cape marking the northeastern extremity of Pasteur Peninsula on Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The name appears on a chart based upon a British expedition under Henry Foster, 1828–31, who perhaps gave the name for George Cockburn, British naval officer and Admiral of the Fleet in 1851. The cape was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. The cape was photographed from the air by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956–57.

Further reading[]

• United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center, Sailing Directions for Antarctica: Includes Islands South of Latitude 60.̊, P 338
• Defense Mapping Agency 1992, Sailing Directions (planning Guide) and (enroute) for Antarctica, P 277
• Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 153 EASTERN DALLMANN BAY, Measure 10 (2015)

External links[]

• Cape Cockburn on USGS website
• Cape Cockburn on SCAR website

References[]

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Cockburn, Cape". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)