Cuff Cape
| Cuff Cape | ||
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 59 ′ S , 162 ° 21 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Scott coast | |
| Waters | Granite Harbor | |
| Waters 2 | Mackay Glacier | |
The Cuff Cape ( English for cuff cape ) is a cape made of dark rock on the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is just south of the mouth of the Mackay Glacier in Granite Harbor .
Participants in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) of British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott mapped and named it. It is named because the dark cape looks like a hand sticking out of a cuff in the snowy surroundings.
Web links
- Cuff Cape in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cuff Cape on geographic.org (English)