Cape Evans

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Cape Evans is a rocky headland on Ross Island in Antarctica, best known as the site of Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova expedition hut.

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Cape Evans canonical 3
Scott’s Hut at Cape Evans 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cape
geographic feature
headland
climate polar climate
countryClaimedBy New Zealand
distanceTo approximately 13 km from Cape Royds
approximately 22 km from McMurdo Station
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System
hasAccessMode access by sea ice or helicopter
hasBuildingMaterial volcanic rock
hasConservationManagementBy New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust
hasEcosystem Antarctic coastal ecosystem
hasHistoricPeriod Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
hasHistoricSite Scott’s Hut
hasLatitude -77.638
hasLegalStatus demilitarized under Antarctic Treaty
hasLongitude 166.404
hasNearbyFeature Cape Royds
McMurdo Sound
Mount Erebus
hasPrimaryLanguageOfVisitors English
hasSeaIce seasonal sea ice in McMurdo Sound
hasStructure Scott’s Terra Nova expedition hut
hasTerrain rocky headland
hasTimeZone New Zealand Standard Time (operational use)
locatedIn Antarctica
Ross Dependency
Ross Island
namedAfter Edward Evans
linked to: Edward Bransfield
namedBy Robert Falcon Scott
onCoastOf Ross Sea
partOf Ross Archipelago
protectedAs Historic Site or Monument (HSM 16)
usedBy Edward Evans
linked to: Edward Bransfield

Robert Falcon Scott
members of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910–1913
visitedFor polar history tourism
scientific research
wasBaseFor British Antarctic Expedition 1910–1913
Terra Nova Expedition

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Ross Dependency contains Cape Evans
Ross Dependency contains Scott’s Hut at Cape Evans
linked to: Cape Evans
Ross Island hasHistoricHut Scott’s Hut at Cape Evans
linked to: Cape Evans
Ross Island hasCape Cape Evans