Cape Arkona is a rocky

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between the mouths of Lied Glacier and Gotley Glacier on the southwest side of

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in the southern

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. The feature appears to be roughly charted on an 1860 sketch map prepared by Captain H.C. Chester, an American sealer operating in the area during this period. The German frigate ''Arkona'' (named after a cape on the north of Rügen) (Captain von Reibnitz) examined the south coast of the island in February 1874 and, in

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, provided the officers of with a position for the cape which was used in preparation of the

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chart. In so doing, however, the misspelling "Cape Arcona" was used on the British chart.

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Heard Island and McDonald Islands, including all major topographical features

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* Headlands of Heard Island and McDonald Islands {{Subantarctic-geo-stub