Cape Petersen


Cape Petersen is a rounded ice-covered cape on the north side of Thurston Island, about 18 nautical miles east-northeast of Cape Flying Fish. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Carl O. Petersen, radio engineer with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1928-30 and 1933–35.

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