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Sørlle, Cape: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Sørlle, Cape in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Sørlle, Cape

Feature Class (see definition): Cape

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 14220

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 60° 46' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 044° 59' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.7666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -44.9833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952

Description (see definition): Rocky bluff marking the S end of Fredriksen Island in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered and first charted in 1821 by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer. Recharted in 1933 by DI personnel on the Discovery II and named for Captain Petter Sorlle, Norwegian whaler who made a running survey of the South Orkney Islands in 1912-13.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Sørlle, Cape in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sørlle, Cape information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sørlle, Cape should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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