Cape Anna
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Cape Anna is a prominent black cape rising to 280 m, immediately west of Anna Cove
Anna Cove
Anna Cove is a cove immediately east of Cape Anna at the north end of the Arctowski Peninsula, along the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition on January 30, 1898, and named in association with Cape Anna....

, located 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Louise Island
Louise Island, Antarctica
Louise Island is an ice-covered island 0.6 miles long, lying 1 mile west of Emma Island, and 1 mile east of Cape Anna and Anna Cove on the southwest side of the entrance to Wilhelmina Bay, 1 mile northwest of the entrance to Hugershoff Cove, along the west coast of Graham Land...

 and the entrance to Hugershoff Cove
Hugershoff Cove
Hugershoff Cove is a cove lying less than 1 nautical mile south from Louise Island and Emma Island, and 2 nautical miles northwest of Beaupre Cove in Wilhelmina Bay, along the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United...

, and 2.3 miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Fourcade
Mount Fourcade
Mount Fourcade is a mountain standing 2 nautical miles southwest of Cape Anna and Anna Cove on the west coast of Graham Land, east of Orne Harbour. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99...

, and forming the north tip of Arctowski Peninsula
Arctowski Peninsula
The Arctowski Peninsula is a peninsula, long in a north-south direction, lying between Andvord Bay and Wilhelmina Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Adrien de Gerlache. The name, for Henryk Arctowski of that expedition, was...

 on the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899, named after its expedition vessel Belgica, was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region.- Preparation and Surveying :...

, 1897–99, and named after Mme. Ernest (Anna) Osterrieth, who gave financial assistance to the expedition.
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