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Cape Evans Named

Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1911

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans, 1st4 January 1911

Cape Evans · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Scott names Cape Evans in honour of his second in command while selecting the winter-quarters site.

Names involved

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans, 1st

Provenance

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