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Cape Valavielle
Cape Valavielle is a cape marking the north end of Watson Peninsula on the north coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted and named by the French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont Jules Dumont was born in Roubaix, 1 January 1888, and died at Suresnes, Mont Valérien, 15 June 1943. Dumont was a French militant Communist. He fought in the Spanish Civil War, commanding the ''Commune de Paris Battalion'', XI International B ... d'Urville. Laurie Island Headlands of the South Orkney Islands {{SouthOrkneys-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape (geography)
In geography, a cape is a headland or a promontory of large size extending into a body of water, usually the sea.Whittow, John (1984). ''Dictionary of Physical Geography''. London: Penguin, 1984, p. 80. . A cape usually represents a marked change in trend of the coastline, often making them important landmarks in sea navigation. This also makes them prone to natural forms of erosion Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location where it is deposited. Erosion is di ..., mainly tidal actions, which results in them having a relatively short geological lifespan. Capes can be formed by glaciers, volcanoes, and changes in sea level. Erosion plays a large role in each of these methods of formation. List of some well-known capes Gallery File:Cape Cornwall.jpg, Cape Cornwall, England File:Nasa photo cape fear.jp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watson Peninsula
Watson Peninsula is a narrow peninsula long separating Macdougal Bay, Macdougal and Marr Bays on the north coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, who named it for George Lennox Watson, G.L. Watson, yacht designer and redesigner of the expedition ship ''Scotia''. Important Bird Area The peninsula has been identified an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a large bird colony, breeding colony of about 13,000 pairs of chinstrap penguins. Other birds nesting at the site include Adélie penguin, Adélie and gentoo penguins as well as southern giant petrels. References Laurie Island Peninsulas of the South Orkney Islands Important Bird Areas of Antarctica Seabird colonies Penguin colonies {{SouthOrkneys-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 System all sovereignty claims are frozen, as the island lies south of the parallel 60°. Buchanan Point at the north-eastern end of the island, with Cape Whitson on its south coast, are Important Bird Areas. History Laurie Island was discovered by Captains George Powell and Nathaniel Palmer in the course of their 1821 expedition to the South Atlantic. Richard Holmes Laurie used Powell's observations to create a map of the island, and subsequently, the island was named after him. Two years later, James Weddell mapped the island for the second time, though his charts turned out to be much less accurate than Powell's charts. Weddell attempted to rename the island to Melville Island for the 2nd Viscount Melville, but the name failed to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula''Antarctica: Secrets of the Southern Continent'' p. 122 David McGonigal, 2009 and south-west of . They have a total area of about . The islands are claimed both by Britain (as part of the since 1962, previously as a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Dumont
Jules Dumont was born in Roubaix, 1 January 1888, and died at Suresnes, Mont Valérien, 15 June 1943. Dumont was a French militant Communist. He fought in the Spanish Civil War, commanding the ''Commune de Paris Battalion'', XI International Brigade. He was active in the French Resistance in the Second World War. Arrested by the Gestapo The (), abbreviated Gestapo (; ), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one organi ..., he was shotThomas, Hugh. (2001). ''The Spanish Civil War.'' Penguin Books. London. p.928 at Suresnes (Fort du Mont-Valérien), near Paris, on 15 June 1943. Notes 1888 births Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany 1943 deaths People from Roubaix French people of the Spanish Civil War Communist members of the French Resistance People executed by Germany by firearm Deaths by firear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
