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Cape Circoncision

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(Redirected from Cap de la Circoncision) Peninsula on Bouvet Island

54°24′39″S 3°20′48″E / 54.4109°S 3.3467°E / -54.4109; 3.3467

Map of Bouvetøya

Cape Circoncision (Norwegian: Kapp Circoncision) is a peninsula on the north-western edge of subantarctic Bouvet Island. The small peninsula was sighted by the French naval exploration that was led by Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier on 1 January 1739, the Feast of the Circumcision day—thus the name. The cape provided the location for the base-camp of the 1928–1929 Norwegian expedition.

References

Susan Barr. "Bouvetøya". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2016.

External links

CIA Factbook entry for Bouvet Island Includes a map showing the cape.

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