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  • Cape Zumberge

    Cape Zumberge is a steep rock cape on the west side of the Ronne Ice Shelf, marking the southwest end of the Orville Coast of Palmer Land on the continent of Antarctica. The name "Zumberge Nunatak" was given by the US-IGY party from Ellsworth Statio…

  • Cape Yevgenov

    Cape Yevgenov (69°0′S156°36′E) is an ice-covered cape midway along the northeast side of Krylov Peninsula, forming the west entrance to Lauritzen Bay, Antarctica. Photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), Soviet Antarctic Expedition (…

  • Cape Timblón

    Cape Timblón is the conspicuous rocky cape forming the north extremity of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is a northwest entrance point for Morton Strait.

  • Cape Teall

    Cape Teall is a high, rocky cape forming the north side of the entrance to Mulock Inlet, along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) and probably named for Sir Jethro Teall, Dir.

  • Cape Surprise

    Cape Surprise (84°31′S174°25′W) is a cape marking the northern end of Longhorn Spurs, between Massam and Barrett Glaciers, at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. It is composed of rocks of the Beacon and Ferrar groups.

  • Cape Spencer-Smith

    Cape Spencer-Smith is the northernmost cape of White Island, in the Ross Archipelago. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1958–59) for the Rev. Arnold P. Spencer-Smith, chaplain with the Ross Sea Party of the Im…

  • Cape Sibbald

    Cape Sibbald (73°54′S165°23′E) is a cliffed cape at the southwest margin of Lady Newnes Bay on the coast of Victoria Land. It marks the southwest extremity of the Mountaineer Range at the terminus of Aviator Glacier.

  • Cape Sheffield

    Cape Sheffield is a cape forming the northwest extremity of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It was named for Captain James P. Sheffield, Master of the brig Hersilia of Stonington, Connecticut, in 1819–20 and 1820–21, the fir…

  • Cape Sharbonneau

    Cape Sharbonneau (70°50′S61°27′W) is a rounded, snow-covered headland forming the south side of the entrance to Lehrke Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Members of the East Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) explored this coa…

  • Cape Saenz

    Cape Saenz (67°33′S67°39′W) is a cape between Laubeuf and Bigourdan Fjords, forming the south extremity of Arrowsmith Peninsula on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10, and named by him…

  • Cape Reichelderfer

    Cape Reichelderfer is a rounded, mainly ice-covered headland 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of DeBusk Scarp, lying at the west side of Stefansson Strait on the east coast of Palmer Land. This cape was seen by Sir Hubert Wilkins who explored this coast…

  • Cape Poinsett

    Cape Poinsett (65°46′S113°13′E) is an ice-covered cape in Antarctica, the northern extremity of Budd Coast, from which the coast recedes abruptly to the southeast and southwest. The position of Cape Poinsett correlates closely with the high seaward…

  • Cape Penck

    Cape Penck is an ice-covered point fronting on the West Ice Shelf about 35 miles west-northwest of Gaussberg, separating the Leopold and Astrid Coast from the Wilhelm II Coast.

  • Cape Murray (Graham Land)

    Cape Murray is a cape forming the western end of Murray Island just off the west coast of Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, separating Hughes Bay to the northeast from Charlotte Bay to the south. First charted by the 1897-99…

  • Cape Leahy

    Cape Leahy (73°43′S119°0′W) is an ice-covered cape which marks the northern extremity of Duncan Peninsula, Carney Island, along the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed from the air on January 24, 1947, by United…

  • Cape Kidson

    Cape Kidson (73°24′S60°45′W) is an abrupt rock scarp which rises to 300 metres (1,000 ft), forming the north side of the entrance to New Bedford Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was first sighted and photographed from the air…

  • Cape Johnson

    Cape Johnson is an ice-covered cape in northern Wood Bay at the east side of the terminus of Tinker Glacier, on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica.

  • Cape Irwyn

    Cape Irwyn (84°41′S170°5′W) is a rock cape at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf forming the northern extremity of the Lillie Range in the foothills of the Prince Olav Mountains of Antarctica.

  • Cape Irizar

    Cape Irizar is a bold rocky headland that forms the northern end of Lamplugh Island, off the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott.

  • Cape Hooker (Antarctica)

    Cape Hooker (70°38′S166°45′E) is a cape on the northeastern portion of the peninsula which includes Davis Ice Piedmont, on the north coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica.Cape Dayman lies situated to the immediate east-southeast, forming an outer entr…

  • Cape Herlacher

    Cape Herlacher is a bold, ice-covered cape forming the north end of Martin Peninsula in Marie Byrd Land. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (…

  • Cape Freshfield

    Cape Freshfield (68°20′S151°0′E) is an ice-covered cape between Deakin Bay and the Cook Ice Shelf, Antarctica. The coastline in this vicinity was first roughly charted by the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under Lieutenant Charles Wil…

  • Cape Folger

    Cape Folger (66°8′S110°44′E) is an ice-covered cape forming the east side of the entrance to Vincennes Bay on the Budd Coast of Antarctica. The position of Cape Folger correlates closely with the west end of Charles Wilkes' "Budd's High Land", as c…

  • Cape Fiske

    Cape Fiske (74°21′S60°27′W) is a cape which forms the eastern tip of Smith Peninsula, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. This cape was photographed from the air by members of the US Antarctic Service in December 1940, and in 1947 by memb…

  • Cape Filchner

    Cape Filchner is an ice-covered cape fronting on Davis Sea, 17 miles west-northwest (WNW) of Adams Island. Cape Filchner is located at (66°27′S91°54′E). Cape Filchner is the division between Wilhelm II Coast and Queen Mary Coast.

  • Cape Danger

    Cape Danger is the rocky point forming the northwest extremity of the ice-free Desolation Island situated in the entrance to Hero Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Cape Collier

    Cape Collier is a broad ice-covered cape on the east coast of Palmer Land, about midway between the south end of Hearst Island and Cape Boggs.

  • Cape Brooks

    Cape Brooks (73°36′S60°46′W) is a cape marked by steep, conspicuous walls which rise to 465 metres (1,530 ft), forming the south side of the entrance to New Bedford Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. It was discovered and photographed from th…

  • Cape Betbeder

    Cape Betbeder is a cape which marks the southwest end of Andersson Island, lying in Antarctic Sound off the northeast tip of Antarctic Peninsula. Charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition on the Antarctic, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskjöld, and nam…

  • Cape Berteaux

    Cape Berteaux is a cape surmounted by a high rock peak between Mikkelsen Bay and Wordie Ice Shelf on the west coast of Graham Land. The French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–1910, originally applied the name Berteaux to an island in essent…