Cape Ingrid

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Cape Ingrid ( 68°46′S90°42′W / 68.767°S 90.700°W / -68.767; -90.700 Coordinates: 68°46′S90°42′W / 68.767°S 90.700°W / -68.767; -90.700 ) is a dark rock promontory separating Norvegia Bay and Sandefjord Cove on the west side of Peter I Island, Antarctica. It was discovered in 1927 by a Norwegian expedition under Eyvind Tofte in the Odd I , a vessel of Lars Christensen's whaling fleet, and named for Ingrid Christensen, the wife of Lars. [1] [2]

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Norvegia Bay is a cove at the north side of Cape Ingrid on the west side of Peter I Island. Named after the Norvegia, the Norwegian research vessel which visited the island in February 1929. The crew engaged in charting the island and in sounding and dredging operations.

Sandefjord Cove is a cove between Cape Ingrid and the terminus of Tofte Glacier on the west side of Peter I Island. A Norwegian expedition under Eyvind Tofte circumnavigated Peter I Island in the Odd I in 1927. In February 1929 the Norvegia under Nils Larsen carried out a series of investigations all around the island, landing on February 2 to hoist the Norwegian flag. Named for Sandefjord, Norway, center of the Norwegian whaling industry.

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References

  1. "Ingrid, Cape". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  2. Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 360. Retrieved 2012-04-05.

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