Cape Sterneck [SEP] continent
Cape Sterneck
Cape Sterneck () is a bold, black cliff on a projecting point forming the west extremity of Chavdar Peninsula on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated on the north side of the entrance to Hughes Bay and the west side of the entrance to Curtiss Bay, and separating Davis Coast to the northeast from Danco Coast to the southwest.
In 1898, the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Lieutenant Adrien de Gerlache explored this area and named this cape for the Austrian geophysicist whose apparatus was used
family crypt in the castle of Krastowitz. Daublebsky von Sterneck was succeeded as head of the navy by Hermann von Spaun.
References.
- German Wikipedia entry "Maximilian Daublebsky von Sterneck'
- Sir Edward James Reed, "The Navies of the Continent. II - The Italian, Russian, German, Austrian,
and Turkish Navies. "Harper's New Monthly Magazine," European Edition, February 1887.
See also.
- Austro-Hungarian Navy