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[[File:Getz Ice Shelf to Bear Island.jpg |thumb]] | [[File:Getz Ice Shelf to Bear Island.jpg |thumb]] | ||
'''Cape Felt''' (73°52′S 116°23′W) is an ice-covered cape which marks the north end of [[Wright Island]], on the [[Bakutis Coast]] of Westarctica. | '''Cape Felt''' (73°52′S 116°23′W) is an [[ice]]-covered cape which marks the north end of [[Wright Island]], on the [[Bakutis Coast]] of [[Westarctica]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | |||
The cape was first mapped from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy]] Operation Highjump in January 1947, and was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names after Admiral Harry D. Felt, U.S. Navy who served as the Vice Chief of Naval Operations during the 1957–58 International Geophysical Year. | |||
[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | ||