Cape Dundas () is the easternmost point of
Laurie Island
Laurie Island is the second largest of the South Orkney Islands. The island is claimed by both Argentina as part of Argentine Antarctica, and the United Kingdom as part of the British Antarctic Territory. However, under the Antarctic Treaty ...
, in the
South Orkney Islands. It was sighted by Captain
James Weddell
James Weddell (24 August 1787 – 9 September 1834) was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February 1823 sailed to latitude of 74° 15′ S—a record 7.69 degrees or 532 statute miles south of the Antarc ...
on January 12, 1823, and named by him in honor of the illustrious
Dundas family.
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References
Laurie Island
Headlands of the South Orkney Islands
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