Cape Willems
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Cape Willems is a cape forming the north side of the entrance to Flandres Bay
on the west coast of Graham Land
. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition
, 1897–99, and named by Gerlache for Pierre Willems
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Flandres Bay
Flandres Bay is a large bay lying between Capes Renard and Willems, along the west coast of Graham Land. Explored in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, who named it, probably after the historical area of that name, now constituting part of France, Belgium and the Netherlands....
on the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899, named after its expedition vessel Belgica, was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region.- Preparation and Surveying :...
, 1897–99, and named by Gerlache for Pierre Willems
Pierre Willems
Pierre Willems was a Dutch philologist and historian of Ancient Rome.Following the custom of Belgian students he did not confine himself to the courses at Catholic University of Leuven but went to Paris to hear Julius Oppert, Émile Egger, and Henri Patin, and to Berlin, Utrecht, and Leyden, where...
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