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Cape Evans Naming

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

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1911Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1911

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans, 1st4 January 1911

Cape Evans · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Cape Evans is named in his honour.

Robert Falcon Scott4 January 1911

Cape Evans · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Scott renames the selected winter-quarters site Cape Evans in honour of expedition second-in-command Edward Evans.

Names involved

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans, 1stRobert Falcon Scott

Provenance

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