Cape Folger

Cape Folger

Cape Folger (coord|66|8|S|110|44|E|) is an ice-covered cape forming the east side of the entrance to Vincennes Bay on Budd Coast in Antarctica. The position of Cape Folger correlates closely with the west end of Wilkes' "Budd's High Land", as charted as a coastal landfall by the United States Exploring Expedition in 1840.

Cape Folger was mapped from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Cdr. Edward C. Folger, Jr., USN, commander of the icebreaker astronomical control stations in the Windmill Islands, close southwest in Vincennes Bay.


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