Cape Lindsey is a cape which forms the western extremity of
Elephant Island, north of
Rodman Cove in the
South Shetland Islands
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of
Antarctica
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. The name appears on
George Powell's map published by
Richard Holmes Laurie in 1822.
[
northwest is West Reef, whose name is an old sealer name dating back to at least 1822, descriptive of its location relative to Elephant Island.][
]
References
Lindsey Lindsey may refer to :
Places Canada
* Lindsey Lake, Nova Scotia
England
* Parts of Lindsey, one of the historic Parts of Lincolnshire and an administrative county from 1889 to 1974
** East Lindsey, an administrative district in Lincolnshire, a ...
Elephant Island
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