Cape Alexandra (Adelaide Island)
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 45 ′ S , 68 ° 34 ′ W | |
| location | Adelaide Island , Adelaide and Biscoe Islands | |
| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
Cape Alexandra is a cape at the southwestern end of Adelaide Island in the Adelaide and Biscoe Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula .
Participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910), led by polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot, discovered it in 1909. Charcot named the cape after Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), wife of the British monarch Edward VII.
Web links
- Cape Alexandra in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Alexandra on geographic.org (English)