Cape Circoncision ( Norwegian: Kapp Circoncision) is a

peninsula A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...

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 The Feast of the Circumcision of Christ is a Christian celebration of the circumcision of Jesus in accordance with Jewish tradition, eight days (according to the Semitic and southern European calculation of intervals of days) after his birth, the o ...

day -- thus the name. The cape provided the location for the base-camp of the 1928-29 Norwegian expedition.

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CIA Factbook entry for Bouvet Island
Includes a map showing the cape. Headlands of Bouvet Island Subantarctic peninsulas {{BouvetIsland-geo-stub