Cape Burks - Revision history

DukeBearPeninsula: /* Protection by the government */ updated to reflect WPS protection

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Protection by the government: updated to reflect WPS protection

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	==Protection by the government==		==Protection by the government==
	~~The area had been identified as a candidate for protection~~ under the [[Westarctican Parks Service]].		On 8 August 2025, [[Grand Duke Travis]] protected the cape under the oversight of the [[Westarctican Parks Service]] as [[Cape Burks National Monument]].

	[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]

DukeBearPeninsula: added note on WPS consideration

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added note on WPS consideration

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	==Animals==		==Animals==
	There is an [[Adélie penguin]] colony at Cape Burks.		There is an [[Adélie penguin]] colony at Cape Burks.

			==Protection by the government==
			The area had been identified as a candidate for protection under the [[Westarctican Parks Service]].

	[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]

Baron of Bastanchury: map

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	[[File:Polar Star frees vessel from Antarctic ice.jpg\|thumb\|Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star launch a remote operated vehicle into the water to inspect the disabled fishing vessel Antarctic Chieftain, beset by ice near Cape Burks]]		[[File:Polar Star frees vessel from Antarctic ice.jpg\|thumb\|Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star launch a remote operated vehicle into the water to inspect the disabled fishing vessel Antarctic Chieftain, beset by ice near Cape Burks]][[File:Hobbs Coast2.jpg\|thumb]]
	'''Cape Burks''' is a prominent exposed-rock cape on the northwestern seaward extension of [[McDonald Heights]], marking the east side of the entrance of [[Hull Bay]] on the coast of [[Westarctica]].		'''Cape Burks''' is a prominent exposed-rock cape on the northwestern seaward extension of [[McDonald Heights]], marking the east side of the entrance of [[Hull Bay]] on the coast of [[Westarctica]].

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[[File:Polar Star frees vessel from Antarctic ice.jpg|thumb|Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star launch a remote operated vehicle into the water to inspect the disabled fishing vessel Antarctic Chieftain, beset by ice near Cape Burks]]
'''Cape Burks''' is a prominent exposed-rock cape on the northwestern seaward extension of [[McDonald Heights]], marking the east side of the entrance of [[Hull Bay]] on the coast of [[Westarctica]].

==Discovery and name==
The cape was sighted and mapped from the USS ''Glacier'', 31 January 1962, and was named for Lieutenant Commander Ernest Burks, U.S. Navy, senior helicopter pilot on the ''Glacier'' and the first person to set foot on the cape.

==Human settlement==
[[Russkaya Station]] was established on Cape Burks by the Soviet Union in 1980 and later mothballed in 1991 after the fall of communism.

==Animals==
There is an [[Adélie penguin]] colony at Cape Burks.

[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]