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Murray, Cape: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Murray, 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): Murray, Cape

Feature Class (see definition): Cape

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 10415

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 21' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 38' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.35

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -61.6333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): A cape forming the western end of Murray Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Lieutenant Adrien de Gerlache (1897-99) and at the time considered to be joined to Graham Land. Named by Gerlache, presumably for Sir John Murray, British marine zoologist and oceanographer, an ardent advocate of Antarctic research.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Murray, 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 Murray, Cape information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Murray, Cape should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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