 Scott's Hut at Cape Evans | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 77°38′S166°24′E / 77.633°S 166.400°E /-77.633; 166.400 (Cape Evans) |
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Antarctica | |
| Administered under theAntarctic Treaty System | |
Cape Evans (77°38′S166°24′E / 77.633°S 166.400°E /-77.633; 166.400 (Cape Evans)) is a rocky cape on the west side ofRoss Island,Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance toErebus Bay.[1]
The cape was discovered by theBritish National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, underRobert Falcon Scott, who named it the "Skuary" after the birds. Scott's second expedition, theBritish Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, built its headquarters here, renaming the cape forLieutenant Edward Evans,Royal Navy, second in command of the expedition.[1]Scott's headquarters building still exists and is known asScott's Hut.[2]
Scott's Hut has been designated aHistoric Site or Monument (HSM 16), following a proposal by New Zealand and the United Kingdom to theAntarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.[3]
A cross on Windvane Hill, Cape Evans, was erected by the Ross Sea Party, led byCaptain Aeneas Mackintosh, ofSir Ernest Shackleton'sImperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917, in memory of three members of the party who died in the vicinity in 1916:Arnold Spencer-Smith,Aeneas Mackintosh andVictor Hayward. The cross has been designated aHistoric Site or Monument (HSM 17), following a proposal by New Zealand and the United Kingdom to theAntarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.[3]
The whole site is protected asAntarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.155 largely because of its historic significance as one of the principal sites of early human activity in Antarctica.[4]
77°38′S166°25′E / 77.633°S 166.417°E /-77.633; 166.417. A small lake close northwest of Island Lake at Cape Evans.Named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13) because of the nearby skua rookery.[5]
77°38′S166°25′E / 77.633°S 166.417°E /-77.633; 166.417. A small, roughly circular meltwater lake about midway between Skua Lake and Island Lake. Named by USARP biologists David T. Mason, Charles R. Goldman and Brian J.B. Wood, Jr., who studied the lake in the 1961–62 and 1962-63 seasons. The name derives from the striking mat of blue-green algal remains around the leeward edge of the lake.[6]
77°38′S166°26′E / 77.633°S 166.433°E /-77.633; 166.433. A lake lying southeast of Skua Lake at Cape Evans. It appears that the descriptive name was given by members of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13), who built their winter quarters hut at Cape Evans.[7]
Features around Cape Evans include North Bay, South Bay, Cape Evans Hut, Tryggve Point, Turks Head Bay, Turks Head, Inaccessible Island, Tent Island, Dellbridge Island, Little Razorback Island and Big Razorback Island.[8]
77°38′S166°23′E / 77.633°S 166.383°E /-77.633; 166.383. A small bay on the north side of Cape Evans. Named by members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.[9]
77°38′S166°24′E / 77.633°S 166.400°E /-77.633; 166.400. Small hill just northeast of the extremity of Cape Evans.So named by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13) because an anemometer station was established on this site.[10]
77°38′S166°25′E / 77.633°S 166.417°E /-77.633; 166.417. A small bay on the south side of Cape Evans. Named by members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13.[11]
77°37′55″S166°25′47″E / 77.63202°S 166.429595°E /-77.63202; 166.429595. A steep rocky slope 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) inland from Cape Evans. The slope is 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) long and rises to 50 metres (160 ft). Descriptively named by the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE), 1910-13.[12]
77°37′49″S166°44′31″E / 77.630333°S 166.741909°E /-77.630333; 166.741909. Icefalls between Cape Evans and Turks Head on the southwest shore of Ross Island. The feature comprises a very irregular and broken glacial area to the north of Turks Head Ridge with ice descending to Erebus Bay. Descriptively named, Pakaru being a Maori word meaning "broken."[13]
77°39′S166°42′E / 77.650°S 166.700°E /-77.650; 166.700. A point 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northwest of Turks Head. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Scott, who named it for Tryggve Gran, Norwegian ski expert with the expedition.[14]
77°40′S166°46′E / 77.667°S 166.767°E /-77.667; 166.767. A precipitous black headland over 200 metres (660 ft) high, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) east-southeast of Cape Evans. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and so named because of its resemblance to a head swathed in a turban.[15]
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