Cape James

Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Topographic map of Smith Island.

Cape James is a cape which forms the southern tip of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The name appears on a chart based upon the 1828–31 British naval expedition under Captain Henry Foster, and is now well established in international usage.^[1]

Location

The point is located at 63°05′50″S 62°43′01″W / 63.09722°S 62.71694°W / -63.09722; -62.71694Coordinates: 63°05′50″S 62°43′01″W / 63.09722°S 62.71694°W / -63.09722; -62.71694 which is 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) south-southwest of Elin Pelin Point, 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi) southwest of Organa Peak, 3.55 kilometres (2.2 mi) west-southwest of Suhindol Point and 29.5 kilometres (18.3 mi) northwest of Low Island (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

Map

L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References

↑ "James, Cape". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-07-16.

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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